Abstract: There is provided, for an appliance having an operating shaft with a non-circular end section, the control assembly which includes a drive means, a coupling member, and mounting means for mounting the drive means non-rotatably on the appliance. The drive means has a low-speed, high-torque output shaft, and the coupling member has a first opening to receive the operating shaft and a second opening aligned with the first opening, the second opening being engagable with the output shaft. The first opening is complementary to the non-circular end section of the operating shaft, whereas the second opening and the output shaft are engagable to provide a lost-motion connection that allows the output shaft to engage the second opening over a wide angular range while still allowing the output shaft to engage and drive the coupling member.

Abstract: A remote volume control for television sets wherein an unshielded flexible metal shaft is directly connected to the television volume control at one end and at the other to a motor driven gear train mounted to the side or top of the set adjacent to the volume control. Remotely positioned hand-held switching means and batteries permit the user to effect clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation of the volume control shaft to control volume.

Abstract: A remote control apparatus for operating the channel selector of a television receiver, the apparatus comprising a drive motor connected to a gear reducer, the gear reducer being drivingly connected to the shaft of the channel selector, a switch for the drive motor, the switch being at the end of a length of cord to allow the switch to be located remotely of the receiver, and a stabilizing means to prevent rotation of the gear reducer with respect to the receiver.