Steerable trunnion mounted paraboloidal antenna

Claim 1

IN AN ANTENNA, THE COMBINATION WITH A SUPPORTING TOWER HAVING FOUR CELLULAR STRUCTURAL LEGS AND A CONNECTING CROSS PIECE WITH THE BOTTOMS OF THE LEGS SPACED ABOUT EQUALLY APART, A HORIZONTAL DECLINATION AXIS HAVING BEARINGS ON TOP OF THE BASE, SEGMENTAL SUPPORTS CARRIED BY EACH OF THE BEARINGS, A PARABOLIC ANTENNA DISH SECURED TO THE ENDS OF THE SEGMENTAL SUPPORTS, MEANS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEGMENTAL SUPPORTS AND MOUNTED ON THE BASE FOR ROTATING THE ANTENNA DISH ABOUT THE HORIZONTAL AXIS, A RING FLOAT TO WHICH THE LOWER ENDS OF THE TOWER LEGS ARE CONNECTED, A FLOATATION RING FOR CONTAINING LIQUID IN WHICH THE SAID RING FLOAT IS MOUNTED, THE FLOATATION CHAMBER COMPRISING INNER AND OUTER STRUCTURAL RINGS CONNECTED AT THE BOTTOM TO FORM A WATER-TIGHT CHAMBER, MEANS AT THE UPPER AND INNER EDGE OF THE RING FLOAT AND AT THE UPPER END OF THE INNER STRUCTURAL RING FOR PRESSING DOWNWARDLY ON THE INNER EDGE OF THE RING FLOAT, AND MEANS AT THE OUTER TOP EDGE OF THE RING FLOAT AND AT THE TOP EDGE OF THE OUTER RING STRUCTURE INCLUDING PINIONS, DRIVING MOTORS AND GEARS DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE TO THE HORIZONTAL FOR PRESSING THIS EDGE OF THE RING FLOAT DOWNWARDLY AND FOR THE PINIONS TO ENGAGE THE RACK IN DRIVING THE RING FLOAT AND THE CONNECTED TOWER CIRCULARLY IN AZIMUTH.