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Telescoping mast with integral payload
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Inventors: Marue, Edward A.; Pereira, Kenneth J.;
Assignee: Tri-Ex Tower Corporation (Visalia, CA)
Primary Examiner: Ramirez; Ramon O.
Assistant Examiner: Turgeon; Michael J.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Drummond & Duckworth
In an integrated telescoping mast-payload assembly, the payload forms the top telescoping section. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION Having described the invention in such terms as to enable those skilled in the art to make and use it and having identified the presently known and preferred best modes thereof, I claim: 1.
In a telescoping mast assembly, including: a plurality of nesting, telescoping mast sections, including a top section and at least one lower section, each of said sections having upper and lower ends, and means for extending and retracting each of said sections relative to the next-lower section, the improvement comprising: a payload, located only in said top section, said top section, including said payload, being dimensioned to be received and nest within the next-lower section, at least a portion of said payload being received within said next-lower section when said top section is fully retracted, such that said next-lower section provides protection for said payload when said top section is fully retracted, said payload being a member of the group consisting of radio antennas, lights, instrumentation and telemetry packages for robotic vehicles, television cameras, antenna rotators, preamplifiers, radiation sensors and electronic and electro-mechanical instrument packages.
2.
The assembly of claim 1 mounted on a vehicle.
3.
The assembly of claim 1, in which said payload is an antenna for electromagnetic energy.
4.
The assembly of claim 1, in which said lower section is radiopaque.
5.
The assembly of claim 1 which further includes: (a) a transmission line cable for transmitting a signal to or from said payload; and (b) a sub-assembly for stowing and dispensing said cable when said mast assembly is retracted and extended.
Description:
This invention relates to a telescoping mast which includes an integral payload.
More particularly, the invention pertains to an integrated telescoping mast-payload assembly which is specially adapted for mobile and portable use.
In another respect the invention relates to a telescoping mast-payload assembly which is specially configured for use under hazardous ambient conditions, in conjunction with protective shelters for operating personnel
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