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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1950
Paul C Gardiner, Scotia, NY (US);
Robert S Gardner, Key West, FL (US);
Clifford Mannal, Schenectady, NY (US);
John H Payne, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
In an automatic steering system for directing a moving body, said system ng provided with reversibly-motorized depth steering gear including two motor reversing circuits, one, upon energization, setting said gear for climb and another, upon energization, setting said gear for dive, a pendulum mounted for swinging movement in either of two directions relative to said body and having contacts adapted to close one of said climb and dive circuits depending on the direction of said relative swinging movement, and a follow-up link transmitting steering movement of said motorized gear to said pendulum contacts thereby affecting the energization of said circuit.