Variable dielectric phase shifter

Claim 1

A VARIABLE MICROWAVE PHASE SHIFTER COMPRISING A PAIR OF MUTUALLY INSULATED ELONGATED CONDUCTORS, AN ELONGATED DIELECTRIC MATERIAL DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID CONDUCTORS, MEANS FOR COUPLING MICROWAVE ENERGY TO SAID CONDUCTORS SO THE ENERGY PROPAGATES LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID CONDUCTORS, EVERY CROSS SECTION OF SAID DIELECTRIC AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE ENERGY PROPAGATION DIRECTION GRADUALLY VARYING IN WIDTH FROM ONE PREDETERMINED AMOUNT TO A SECOND PREDETERMINED AMOUNT BETWEEN SAID PAIR OF CONDUCTORS, SAID DIELECTRIC BEING TRANSLATE AT WILL RELATIVE TO ONE OF SAID CONDUCTORS IN THE DIRECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE DIRECTION OF ENERGY PROPAGATION, THE OTHER OF SAID CONCUCTORS BEING MOUNTED FOR TRANSLATION WITH THE VARIABLE WIDTH PORTION OF SAID DIELECTRIC RELATIVE TO SAID ONE CONDUCTOR ON THE DIRECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE DIRECTION OF ENERGY PROPAGATION TO SIMULTANEOUSLY CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF DIELECTRIC BETWEEN SAID CONDUCTORS AND THE RELATIVE SPACING OF THE CONDUCTORS IN THE SAME MANNER AND THEREBY, GRADUALLY VARY THE CAPACITY AND INDUCTANCE BETWEEN SAID CONDUCTORS AT EVERY CROSS SECTION OF SAID DIELECTRIC IN THE SAME MANNER IN RESPONSE TO TRANSLATION OF SAID ELECTRIC.