Coordinate conversion device

Claim 1

A COORDINATE CONVERSION DEVICE FOR A LORAN RECEIVER TO CONVERT FIRST AND SECONJD TIME DIFFERENCE SIGNALS INDICATIVE OF HYPERBOLIC COORDINATES AND REPRESENTING THE POSITION OF AN OBJECT TO A DIFFERENT COORDINATE SYSTEM COMPRISING, FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS OF DIELELCTRIC MATERIAL, FIRST AND SECOND FAMILIES OF CONDUCTIVE HYPERBOLIC LINES, MEANS DISPOSING SAID FIRST AND SECOND FAMILIES OF CONDUCTIVE HYPERBOLIC LINES ON SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTING MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY, SAID HYPERBOLIC CONDUCTIVE LINES BEING EXTENDED TO ONE EDGE TO EACH SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER IN A LINEAR SCALE OF HYPERBOLIC COORDINATES, THE COORDINATE LINES IN SAID LINEAR SEALE BEING PARALLEL, MEANS DISPOSING SAID FIRST AND SECOND DIELECTIC MEMBERS IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION, A RESISTIVE MATERIAL DISPOSED OVER SAID CONDUCTIVE HYPERBOLIC LINES AND SAID EXTENDED LINES OF SAID LINEAR SCALE, A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY, MEANS COUPLING SAID ENERGY TO THE CONDUCTIVE LINES OF EACH MEMBER SO THAT A POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE EXSITS ACROSS THE CONDUCTIVE LINES OF EACH SAID MEMBER, FIRST AND SECOND CONTACT MEMBERS ADAPTED TO MOVE RESPECTIVELY OVER THE EXTENDED LINE OF USAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY AND COUPLED TO A POINT OF ZERO POTENTIAL, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO TH EIFRST AND SECOND TIME DIFFERENCE SIGNALS TO CAUSE SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONTACT MEMBERS TO MOVE OVER SAID EXTENDED CONDUCTIVE LINES,, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTACT MEMBERS TO DERIVE THE POSITION OF SAID OBJECT IN A DIFFERENT COORDINATE SYSTEM.