Patents by Inventor Frederick J. Collings

Frederick J. Collings has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4144511
    Abstract: A push-button mechanism for tuning a radio receiver includes push-buttons that are actuable to rotate a turrent tuner to different extents for station selection. The side of each push-button contacts one end of an individual lever to pivot it through a predetermined angle upon actuation of the push-button. The other end of the lever contacts one of several projections on a bar which extends transversely of the push-buttons and which is coupled via rack and pinion gearing to the drum of the turret tuner. The levers of the different push-buttons have different orientations with respect to the bar so that although each lever is pivoted through the same angle, longitudinal displacement of the bar effected, and hence the setting of the turret tuner, depends upon which push-button is actuated. Upon actuation of a push-button, the bar is locked in its displaced position by means of a leaf spring, and the drum is then locked in position by means of a projection that engages in one of several notches in the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Assignee: Smiths Industries Limited
    Inventor: Frederick J. Collings