WO2002095871A1

WO2002095871A1 - An apparatus for setting the direction and the angle of an antenna

Info

Publication number: WO2002095871A1
Application number: PCT/KR2001/000841
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jae-Chul Shim; Jung-Soo Kim; Nam-Young Kim; Byung-Je Lee
Original assignee: Mission Telecom Company, Ltd.; Pawanet, Inc.
Priority date: 2001-05-21
Filing date: 2001-05-21
Publication date: 2002-11-28

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for setting the direction and the angle of an antenna which is settled on a supporting means of an antenna. The setting apparatus comprises a gyrocompass for setting a reference direction for an antenna to face a predetermined satellite and a specific direction. And the setting apparatus further comprise an angle meter and an indicator in order to control the vertical direction and horizontal direction of an antenna, so that user can easily set up or remove an antenna by hand without any tools.

Description

AN APPARATUS FOR SETTING THE DIRECTION AND THE

ANGLE OF AN ANTENNA

Field of the invention

The present invention relates to an

apparatus for setting the direction and the

angle of a satellite antenna. Especially in the

present invention, an apparatus for setting the

direction and the angle of an antenna is

disclosed to make it easy set, fix and alter

the direction and the angle of the antenna

without any special tools because

horizontal/vertical angle scales and indicators

are fixed on the apparatus.

Background of the invention

Prior arts of an apparatus for setting the

direction and the angle of an antenna had flaws

that they needed separate mechanic or

electronic tools and the system volume became

bigger and their manufacturing cost rose. In addition, the installation of the

apparatus and taking them to pieces needed

separate special tools and therefore it was

general for experts to install them and take

them to pieces and substantially it was

scarcely possible to change their position

after their installation.

Moreover, according to the antenna's

characteristics, the needs to arbitrarily set

the direction and the angle of the antenna

occurs frequently but in that case, it was a

flaw too that it could be done only by experts.

Especially in the nations with wide areas

like U.S.A. there are many cable TV channels

and it requires enormous money to connect the

subscribers via cable. Accordingly, it is more

economical and general to use satellite antenna

actually. However, it was not easy to set the

direction and the angle of the satellite

antenna.

In addition, for the screen image status of the satellite broadcasting received via the

satellite antenna is cleaner than the screen

image status received via general wired-cable,

it is expected that in the future the needs for

the satellite antenna will increase gradually.

Moreover at the same time the necessity for an

apparatus that can set the direction and the

angle of the antenna much easier and correctly,

is becoming greater and greater.

Brief description of the drawings

Figure 1 illustrates a front side of an

antenna setting apparatus according to the

present invention.

Figure 2 illustrates a plane side of an

antenna setting apparatus according to the

present invention.

Figure 3 illustrates a picture of an

antenna setting apparatus according to the

present invention < Brief explanation of the major parts of the

drawings >

10 : header part

11: antenna installation part

12: arc-shaped surface

13,18,20: penetration holes

14,23: penetration groove

15: central surface

16: frame part for vertically setting the angle

17: corner part

19,21: screw fastening means

22: frame part for horizontally setting the

angle

24,26: rotating handle

25: screw head

27 : compass

28: compass frame

29: reference mark

30: horizontal azimuth display

31: vertical angles scale display

40: supporting pole 41: header connecting pole

42 : simple pole

50: supporting part

Objectives of the invention and detailed

description

The present invention was invented in

order to improve the antenna setting apparatus

with flaws according to the prior arts and the

objective of the invention is to provide with

an apparatus for setting the direction and the

angle of an antenna. In the apparatus, it is

possible to easily set the reference direction

of an antenna as well as when necessary, the

direction and the angle of the antenna only

with the apparatus for setting antenna

according to the present invention without any

special tools, and also when installing it and

taking it to pieces, anyone can do it easily

for a short time without separate tools.

The other objectives of the invention will become more apparent if reading the following

detailed description of the invention and

referencing the attached drawings.

Now we will explain about the organization

and the operational principles of the apparatus

for setting the direction and the angle of an

antenna according to the present invention

detailedly by referencing figures 1 and 2 in

order to achieve the objectives of the

invention.

The antenna setting apparatus of the

invention consists of a header part (10) that

is coupled to a satellite antenna, a supporting

pole (40) to support the header part, and a

supporting part (50) to fix the supporting pole

to the floor surface by setting up the

supporting pole safely.

The header part (10) has a flat surface,

and forms multiple holes to penetrate the flat

surface, and has an antenna installation part

(11) that combines with the antenna fixedly by a fastening means like a screw through the

holes .

The frame part (16) for vertically setting

angle is organized to wholly form " π " type or

two " i- "types is facing each other or backing

onto each other (hereafter we call them "tz-type

organization"), and the corresponding sides of

two parties have an arc-shaped organization,

and on the sharp corner part multiple of

penetration holes are formed to combine with

the supporting pole, and at the corresponding

position of the inner part of each arc-shaped

surface a penetration groove (14) is formed

according to the circumference, and the central

surface (15) of the ^Xc-type organization"

combines with the antenna installation part

fixedly.

The frame part for horizontally setting

angle (22) has a "^"t-type organization", and

combines with the top end part of the

supporting pole fixedly, and the direction of the corner part (17) which the two "^~ι-type"

surfaces meet and form, is laid out to form the

shape inserted into the "c-type" inner side of

the frame part for vertically setting angle

(16) . And the frame part for vertically setting

angle (16) combines with the upper corner

supporting part fixedly via a screw, wherein

the groove of the screw (not illustrated)

having constant depth on the position

corresponding to the penetration hole (13) of

the frame part (16) which was formed in order

to combine with the supporting pole among the

corner part (17) . The penetration hole (18) is

formed to penetrate the side of the end part of

a surface having "^~ι-type" organization, wherein

a screw groove (not illustrated) is formed in

the penetration hole, and so it is possible to

set the horizontal or vertical angle of an

antenna by fastening or loosening the screw

fastening means (19) . And the penetration hole

(20) is formed at the end of the other surface having "π-type organization", wherein the

penetration hole penetrates the side of the end

part of the surface. And the screw fastening

means (21) combines with the penetration hole

and the penetration groove (14), which the

groove is formed according to the circumference

of the frame part for vertically setting the

angle. And fastening or loosening the screw

fastening means can set the antenna' s vertical

and horizontal angle.

At this time, one of two surfaces

consisting of the "^~ι-type organization" of the

frame part (22) of horizontally setting angle

combines with the screw fastening means (19) to

set the horizontal angle of an antenna forms a

groove (23), which penetrates from outer toward

inner direction with a constant width as long

as certain length completely, and the

penetration groove (23) is formed as long as

the length that passes the penetration holes in

the direction perpendicular to the penetration holes (18) formed in order to combine with the

screw fastening means (19) for horizontally

setting angle of an antenna.

And the screw fastening means (19) for

horizontally setting the angle of an antenna

has a form so that on the outer surface a screw

thread is formed, and the screw fastening means

(21) for vertically setting the angle of an

antenna combines with a screwhead (25) that is

greater than the width of the penetration

groove (14) formed along the arc-shaped surface

of the frame part for vertically setting the

angle of an antenna, and wherein a screw thread

is formed on the outer surface, and on the end

part of the other side is a rotating handle

(26), which can be attached to anything and

removed from it.

On the other hand, a compass frame having

a compass to set the reference direction of an

antenna is formed on the upper surface, which

combines with a screw fastening means (19) to horizontally set the angle of an antenna among

two surfaces that is forming "π-type

organization" of the frame part for

horizontally setting the angle. And the

reference mark (29) is formed on a side of the

compass frame and it is preferable that a

horizontal azimuth display (30) is formed on

the top surface of the frame part for

horizontally setting the angle in front of the

reference mark (29) so that the reference mark

can indicate

And it is preferable that a vertical angle

scale display (31) is installed to indicate the

angle according to the vertical setting of an

antenna on the surface, which forms the arc-

shaped organization of the frame part for

vertically setting the angle.

And it is preferable that for the easy

assemble the supporting pole is separated into

a header connecting pole (41) connected to a

header part (10) and a simple pole (42) for attaching combination so as to combine with

each other, and in the supporting part (50)

multiple penetration holes (not illustrated)

are formed and they can be combined with the

floor surface via a fastening means.

An apparatus for setting an antenna

according to the present invention has a merit

that it is possible to easily set the reference

direction as well as the direction and the

angle of an antenna for a short time when

necessary, without any further tools for the

direction and the angle of an antenna only by

using the antenna setter. And it is possible to

finish it without any special tools for a short

time easily when installing and removing it.

The present invention can be modified

variously and has various forms and at the

above detailed specification only a special

embodiment was described. However it should be

understood that the present invention is not

restricted to the form described at the above specification and so much as contains all the

modifications, equivalents and substitutions

defined by the attached claims and being in the

spirit and the scope of the present invention,

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. In an apparatus for setting the direction

and the angle of a satellite antenna consisting

of a header part combining with the antenna and

having a flat surface, a supporting pole

supporting the head part, and a supporting part

fixing the supporting pole on the floor surface

by safely erecting the supporting pole, said

apparatus comprising:

an antenna installation part forming

multiple holes to penetrate the flat surface

and combining with the satellite antenna

fixedly by using a predetermined fastening

means through the holes;

a frame part for setting the vertical

angle, said frame part forming wholly "tz-type

organization" and the corresponding side of two

parties having an arc-shaped organization and

on the sharp corner part multiple of

penetration holes being formed to combine with

the supporting pole, and at the corresponding position of the inner part of each arc-shaped

surface a penetration groove being formed

according to the circumference, and the central

surface of the "tz-type organization" combining

with the antenna installation part fixedly;

a frame part for setting the horizontal

angle, wherein said frame part setting the

horizontal angle combines with the top end part

of the supporting pole fixedly, and the

direction of the corner part, which the two " π -

type" surfaces meet each other and form, is

laid out to form the shape inserted into the

"tr-type" inner side of the frame part for

vertically setting angle, and the groove of the

screw having constant depth on the position

corresponding to the penetration hole of the

frame part for vertically setting the angle is

formed, and the frame part for vertically

setting the angle is formed in order to combine

with the supporting pole among the corner part,

and a screw groove is formed in the surface and the penetration hole penetrates the side of the

end part of the surface forming "π-type

organization", and so it is possible to set the

vertical angle of an antenna by fastening or

loosening the screw fastening means, and the

penetration hole is formed at the end of the

other surface forming "π-type organization",

wherein the penetration hole penetrates the

side of the end part of the surface, and the

screw fastening means combines with the

penetration hole and the penetration groove,

which the groove is formed according to the

circumference of the frame part for vertically

setting the angle and the antenna' s vertical

and horizontal angle can be set by fastening or

loosening the screw fastening means.

2. An apparatus for setting the direction and

the angle of a satellite antenna as set forth

in claim 1, wherein it is characteristic that a

side combining with a screw fastening means to

horizontally set the angle of the antenna among two sides having "π-type organization" of said

frame part for horizontally setting the angle

forms a groove penetrating completely as long

as a constant length with a constant width from

the outer toward the inner direction, wherein

the penetration groove is formed up to the

length passing the penetration hole toward the

direction perpendicular to the direction of the

penetration hole formed in order to combine

with the screw fastening means to set the

horizontal angle of the antenna.

3. An apparatus for setting the direction and

the angle of a satellite antenna as set forth

in claim 1 or 2, wherein it is characteristic

that an end part of said screw fastening means

to set the horizontal angle of the antenna

combines with a rotating handle fixedly and on

the out side of the end part of said screw

fastening means a screw thread is formed, and

another end part of said screw fastening means

combines with a screw thread that is bigger than the width of the penetration groove formed

along to the arc-shaped surface of said frame

part for vertically setting the angle, and on

the out side of the end part of said screw

fastening means a screw thread is formed, and

at the other end part of said screw fastening

means a rotating handle is installed, wherein

the handle is attachable to and removable from

anything .

4. An apparatus for setting the direction and

the angle of a satellite antenna as set forth

in claim 3, wherein at the top surface of a

surface combining with the screw fastening

means for horizontally setting the angle of the

antenna among two surfaces consisting of ^un¬

typed organization" of said frame part for

horizontally setting the angle a compass frame

having a compass for setting the reference

direction of the antenna is formed not to

rotate if though the horizontal angle setting

frame part rotates toward the left or right direction, and at one side of the compass a

reference mark is formed, and at the top

surface of the horizontal angle setting frame

part in front of the reference mark a

horizontal azimuth is marked so as to be

indicated by the reference mark.

5. An apparatus for setting the direction and

the angle of a satellite antenna as set forth

in claim 3, wherein on the surface consisting

of the arc-shaped organization of said frame

part for vertically setting the angle of the

antenna a vertical angle scale is displayed in

order to denote the angle according to the

vertical setting of the antenna.

6. An apparatus for setting the direction and

the angle of a satellite antenna as set forth

in claim 3, wherein for assembling convenience,

said supporting pole is assembled by separately

using a part connected to the header part and a

simple pole to combine with the supporting part

by attaching to or removing from the supporting part, and at the supporting part multiple

penetration holes are formed and fixed to the

floor surface through the fixing means

Summary

The present invention relates to an

apparatus for setting the direction and the

angle of an antenna installed on a satellite

antenna supporter. The apparatus has a compass

to set the reference direction that makes the

antenna face the necessary direction and the

corresponding satellite. And the angle meter

and the indicator are assembled in a body,

wherein they are necessary for setting the

horizontal and vertical angle, which is

necessary for the satellite antenna's function.

And it is possible that anyone can install and

remove an antenna for a short time easily

without any special tools by manually

regulating the necessary horizontal and

vertical angle.