Directional antenna

Claim 1

IN AN ANTENNA FOR DIRECTING THE FLIGHT OF A MISSILE TOWARDS A TARGET, A FIRST GIMBAL ADAPTED TO ROTATE IN A FIRST PLANE, A SECOND GIMBAL ADAPTED TO PIVOT IN A SECOND PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE FIRST PLANE, A THIRD GIMBAL ADAPTED TO PIVOT IN A THIRD PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE FIRST AND SECOND PLANES, A DIRECTIONAL REFLECTOR ADAPTED TO FOLLOW THE MOVEMENTS OF THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD GIMBALS, MEANS FOR DIRECTING THE ROTATION OF THE FIRST GIMBAL BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THE MISSILE TO POINT THE REFLECTOR AT THE TARGET, MEANS FOR DIRECTING THE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE SECOND GIMBAL BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THE MISSILE TO POINT THE REFLECTOR AT THE TARGET, MEANS FOR PIVOTING THE MISSILE IN THE THIRD PLANE AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE MISSILE, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST DIRECTING MEANS FOR TRANSLATING THE MISSILE MOVEMENT IN THE THIRD PLANE INTO A ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT IN THE FIRST PLANE, AND MEANS FOR RELEASING THE SECOND DIRECTING MEANS AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE MISSILE TO PERMIT A FREE MOVEMENT OF THE SECOND GIMBAL SO AS TO COMPLEMENT THE ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE MISSILE IN THE FIRST PLANE WITH A PIVOTAL MOVEMENT IN THE SECOND PLANE.