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Apparatus and method for making paraboloidal surfaces

US4731617A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 19, 1986
Grant dateMar 15, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 19, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q15/141
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for making paraboloidal surfaces for example for paraboloidal reflector antennas. The apparatus and method provides a rigid annular clamping ring of sufficient rigidity to provide even distribution of clamping forces, to clamp a disc-shaped sheet on a table so that the sheet may be pneumatically deformed while held in position to prevent inward slippage of the sheet during the deforming process.

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