Orientator

Claim 1

AN ORIENTING DEVICE FOR USE A VEHICLE FOR INDICATING BOTH THE HEADING AND THE ATTITUDE OF SAID VEHICLE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION. A HOUSING HAVING A HEADING AND AN ATTITUDE REFERENCE, A FLOATING MEMBER WITHIN THE HOUSING AND ADAPTED FOR PIVOTAL MOUNTING THEREIN, A FLUID WITHIN THE HOUSING COORDINATED WITH THE FLOATING MEMBER TO RENDER THE LATTER BUOYANT, A TRANSPARENT CLOSURE MEMBER ON THE HOUSING FOR VIEWING A PORTION OF THE INTERIOR THEREOF, VERTICAL PIVOT MEANS EXTENDING DOWNWARD FROM SAID HOUSING INTO THE FLUID AND HAVING VERTICAL RESILIENCE, PIVOT ENGAGING MEANS ON THE FLOATING MEMBER PIVOTALLY ENGAGED WITH THE PIVOT MEANS, SAID FLOATING MEMBER BEING CUT AWAY TO PERMIT PIVOTING AROUND THE PIVOT MEANS, A PERMANENT MAGNET HAVING A MOUNTING PHYSICALLY MOUNTING IT WITHIN THE FLOATING MEMBER BENEATH THE PIVOT POINT OF THE FLOATING MEMBER, AN AZIMUTH RING RELATED TO SAID FLOATING MEMBER IN COMPASS COORDINATED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERMANENT MAGNET WITHIN THE FLOATING MEMBER AND THE HEADING REFERENCE OF THE HOUSING AND IN ATTITUDE COORDINATED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERMANENT MAGNET WITHIN THE FLOATING MEMBER AND THE ATTITUDE REFERENCE OF THE HOUSING, MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY COUPLING THE AZIMUTH RING TO THE PERMANENT MAGNET MOUNTING ABOUT THE EAST-WEST AXIS THEREOF DEFINED BY THE AZIMUTH RING AND FOR POSITIONALLY ADJUSTING THE AZIMUTH RING WITH RESPECT TO THE PERMANENT MAGNET MOUNTING TO COMPENSATE FOR DEVIATIONS IN THE INDICATED ATTITUDE, WHEREBY THE AZIMUTH RING SERVES THE TWOFOLD PURPOSE OF PROVIDING MAGNETIC HEADING AND ATTITUDE