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US 6,182,582 B2Granted
Tilt table
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsDavid Arthur Bailey, Robert Edward Winkel, Jr.
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Abstract
Two wedge-shaped platforms, each rotatable about a different axis, are rotationally mounted together so that a pointing device mounted on one of the platforms can be made to point in a desired direction by predetermined rotational positioning of the two platforms.
Claims10
Pointing apparatus comprising:
- a first wedge-shaped platform mounted for rotation about a first axis on a surface;
- a second wedge-shaped platform mounted for rotation on said first wedge-shaped platform about a second axis at an angle α with respect to the first axis, said second wedge-shaped platform having a mounting surface at an angle θ with respect to a plane perpendicular to the second axis;
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- pointing apparatus connected to the mounting surface.
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The method of pointing a device in a desired direction comprising the steps of:
- A. mounting the device on a first surface of a first wedge-shaped platform;
- B. mounting the first wedged shaped platform on a first surface of a second wedge-shaped platform for rotation about a first axis on the first wedged shaped platform so that an angle between a perpendicular to the first axis and the first surface is of a predetermined value, θ;
- C. mounting the second wedge-shaped platform for rotation on a third surface about a second axis at an angle α with respect to the first axis;
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- D. selectively rotating the first and second second wedged-shaped platforms to positions to cause the device to point in the desired direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.