Abstract:
A REMOTELY CONTROLLED ROTARY INPUT SIGNAL MEANS COMPRISING A REGULAR POLYGON MOUNTED FOR ROTATION AND A SELECTIVELY CONTOURED CAM MEMBER TRANSLATABLE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE POLYGON AND CONTOURED SO AS TO LOCK THE POLYGON IN NEUTRAL POSITION WHEN CENTERED AND SO AS TO CAUSE THE POLYGON, AND THE SHAFT ATTACHED TO THE POLYGON, TO ROTATE TWO INCREMENTS IN ONE DIRECTION AS THE CAM MEMBER IS MOVED LEFTWARDLY AND THEN BACK TO CENTER, OR TO CAUSE THE POLYGON TO ROTATE TWO INCREMENTS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AS THE CAM MEMBER IS TRANSLATED RIGHTWARDLY AND THEN BACK TO CENTER.