US3241252A
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Orbital attachments for terrestrial globes
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-04-23
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Granted: 1966-03-22
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Expires: 1983-04-23
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 George A Baalson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 05:45
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B27/00; G09B27/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
213 words
A SATELLITE DEMONSTRATING AND COMPUTING DEVICE AS THEREFORE DESCRIBED, COMPRISING A TERRESTIAL GLOBE ROTATABLY MOUNTED BY MEANS OF AN ANGULARLY DISPOSED AXIS AND OFF-CENTER ON CIRCULAR MEMBERS WHICH MEMBERS IN TURN ARE ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON A FLAT BASE THROUGH SUITABLE BEARINGS; AND THE SAID FLAT BASE HAVING A VERTICALLYDISPOSED MEMBER ON WHICH IS MOUNTED A SUN DISK HAVING A SLIDING SUNRAY POINTER AT RIGHT ANGLES TO ITS PERIPHERY, WHICH SUNRAY POINTER CAN BE SLID OVER THE HORIZONOF THE GLOBE; AND A PAIR OF RINGS SPACED NEAR THE SURFACE OF AND ENCOMPASSING SAID GLOBE AT THE EQUATOR, ONE OF SAID PAIR OF RINGS BEING A FIXED EQUATORIAL RING CALIBRATED IN SIDERIAL HOUR ANGLE OF THE SUN AND THE SECOND RING NESTING LOOSELY IN SAID EQUATORIAL RING AND SUPPORTING A PIVOTALLY-MOUNTED ORBIT LOOP GRADUATED IN GEOCENTRIC ARC AND ALSO ENCOMPASSING THE GLOBE; STRUCTURE SUPPORTING SIAD RINGS; AND A GRADUATED UNIVERSAL TIME-INDICATING DEVICE ATTACHED TO SAID GLOBE WITH A MOVABLE REFERENCE POINT ATTACHED TO GLOBE AXIS; AND A PROTRACTOR ATTACHABLE TO SAID GLOBE, THE MOVABLE STRUCTURES AND INDICIA SO COMPUTED AND CORRELATED THAT WHEN USED IN COMBINATION WITH MINIMUM ORBIT ELEMENT DATA WILL ENABLE AN OBSERVER TO DEMONSTRATE AND ROUGHLY COMPUTE THE POSITION OF A SATELLITE AND ITS ORBIT UPON THE GLOBE AN ANY GIVEN TIME.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
213 words
A SATELLITE DEMONSTRATING AND COMPUTING DEVICE AS THEREFORE DESCRIBED, COMPRISING A TERRESTIAL GLOBE ROTATABLY MOUNTED BY MEANS OF AN ANGULARLY DISPOSED AXIS AND OFF-CENTER ON CIRCULAR MEMBERS WHICH MEMBERS IN TURN ARE ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON A FLAT BASE THROUGH SUITABLE BEARINGS; AND THE SAID FLAT BASE HAVING A VERTICALLYDISPOSED MEMBER ON WHICH IS MOUNTED A SUN DISK HAVING A SLIDING SUNRAY POINTER AT RIGHT ANGLES TO ITS PERIPHERY, WHICH SUNRAY POINTER CAN BE SLID OVER THE HORIZONOF THE GLOBE; AND A PAIR OF RINGS SPACED NEAR THE SURFACE OF AND ENCOMPASSING SAID GLOBE AT THE EQUATOR, ONE OF SAID PAIR OF RINGS BEING A FIXED EQUATORIAL RING CALIBRATED IN SIDERIAL HOUR ANGLE OF THE SUN AND THE SECOND RING NESTING LOOSELY IN SAID EQUATORIAL RING AND SUPPORTING A PIVOTALLY-MOUNTED ORBIT LOOP GRADUATED IN GEOCENTRIC ARC AND ALSO ENCOMPASSING THE GLOBE; STRUCTURE SUPPORTING SIAD RINGS; AND A GRADUATED UNIVERSAL TIME-INDICATING DEVICE ATTACHED TO SAID GLOBE WITH A MOVABLE REFERENCE POINT ATTACHED TO GLOBE AXIS; AND A PROTRACTOR ATTACHABLE TO SAID GLOBE, THE MOVABLE STRUCTURES AND INDICIA SO COMPUTED AND CORRELATED THAT WHEN USED IN COMBINATION WITH MINIMUM ORBIT ELEMENT DATA WILL ENABLE AN OBSERVER TO DEMONSTRATE AND ROUGHLY COMPUTE THE POSITION OF A SATELLITE AND ITS ORBIT UPON THE GLOBE AN ANY GIVEN TIME.
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