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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7283295 | Releasable/interchangeable fine focus knob for a microscope A microscope includes at least one focusing means for focusing an object plane. The focusing means includes first and second adjustment means. The first and second adjustment means are coaxial and independently rotatably adjustable with respect to one another. The s... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7031056 | Operating knob for an optical system An operating knob (20) for an optical system (100) is disclosed. The operating knob (20) has a first and a second coaxially arranged rotating element (21, 22). The first and the second rotating element (21, 22) have at least partly... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6993990 | Operating device An operating device having a rotary knob capable of rotation operations exhibits compatibility between speed and precision in operation and does not require use of a plurality of rotary knobs. In the operating device (1) including the rotary knob (4) a... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6973848 | Operating device An operating device having a rotary knob capable of rotation operations exhibits compatibility between speed and precision in operation and does not require use of a plurality of rotary knobs. In the operating device (1) including the rotary knob (4) a... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6918313 | Operating device An operating device having a rotary knob capable of rotation operations exhibits compatibility between speed and precision in operation and does not require use of a plurality of rotary knobs includes a rotation detecting device for detecting the rotated angle of th... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6378388 | Control panel with double rotary control for a motor vehicle The invention concerns a control panel for a motor vehicle system comprising a housing supporting at least a double control unit formed by two rotating knobs arranged projecting relative to the housing and respectively coupled with two shafts, which are c... | 04/30/2002 |
| 4616517 | Monoaxial coarse-fine adjusting mechanism for optical instruments, such as microscopes A monoaxial coarse-fine adjusting apparatus for optical instruments has a pair of friction wheels whose peripheries are in engagement with the fine adjusting shaft. The axles to which the friction wheels are mounted are received in slots formed in the coa... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4389732 | Tuning device for radio receiver A tuning device for a radio receiver comprises a manual tuning system to manually drive a variable capacitor and an automatic tuning system to drive the same by a motor, wherein the mechanism for transmitting a motive force of a manipulated tuning knob to... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4364557 | Work control apparatus in an exerciser A work control apparatus in a bicycle exerciser having a driven member rotatively mounted on an exerciser frame. The work control apparatus includes a rotatively mounted knob connected to a brake for the driven member for selectively determining the braki... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4165499 | Channel-selecting, presettable, rotary type tuning device A channel-selecting, presettable, rotary type tuning device in which there is provided a tuning-position-determining unit having two or more tuning-position-determining elements, whose positions may be adjustable; a slide member operably coupled to a vari... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4132002 | Dial setting device A device for establishing dial settings for a plurality of control shafts in a close group for use with electrical apparatus, involves a secondary stop assembly, which may be in the form of a single preset plate or template or in the form of a sophisticat... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4045739 | Combined transceiver and radio unit The unit incorporates a transceiver, having a channel changing mechanism, and a radio, having a tuner, a tone control and a balance control, together with a volume control in a common housing having a front wall, for conjoint mounting of the unit in an au... | 08/30/1977 |
| 3994177 | Television tuner A TV tuner has a housing and a rotating channel selector shaft mounted on the housing. There are a plurality of individual support members positioned by and mounted on parallel flatted areas of the shaft, which flatted areas vary in size to assure correct... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3990315 | Detent UHF tuner with preset memory A detent type tuning mechanism for a UHF tuner having a continuously variable tuning shaft includes a detented selector shaft, a gear train interconnecting the tuner shaft and the selector shaft, and a memory type fine tuning mechanism including a rotatab... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3947766 | Combined transceiver and radio unit The unit incorporates a transceiver, having a channel changing mechanism, and a radio, having a radio tuner, enclosed in a common housing for conjoint mounting. A transceiver control shaft has an inner end in operative connection with the channel changing... | 03/30/1976 |
