Swinging fire apparatus pump operator panel
US4512412A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 2, 1983 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 2, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA62C27/00
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A control panel for the operator's control station of a fire fighting apparatus of the type including a body defining an outwardly opening side recess is provided. The control panel supports various gauges, switches and other operating controls and has a plurality of openings formed therein through which water inlet and outlet couplings as well as valve controlling operators project. An elongated upstanding support member is disposed adjacent and extends along a generally straight side marginal portion of the recess and is mounted from the body for guided limited lateral outward and inward shifting relative to the body along a path which generally parallels the direction in which the recess opens. The control panel includes a marginal edge portion corresponding to the side marginal portion of the recess and the panel marginal edge portion is hingedly supported from the support member for angular displacement relative thereto about an axis generally paralleling the support member. The limit of outward lateral shifting of the support member from the limit of inward shifting thereof is sufficient to outwardly displace the panel and the openings formed therein outwardly of the coupling…
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