Multi-angle Level with Rotating Section for Mast Plumb Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Satellite dish antenna installers face challenges in ensuring the mast is properly levelled both side-to-side and front-to-back after initial installation, as traditional methods require removal of the level for accurate alignment, leading to potential inaccuracies in satellite television signal reception.
Innovation Solution
A multi-angle level with a rotatable coupling system that divides the device into a base section and a rotating section, allowing for independent axis rotation and positioning on multiple planes, enabling users to check plumb without removing the level from the structure, ensuring accurate installation even with the dish mounted.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a traditional bubble level is placed near the end of the mast before installation, then the mast can be checked for plumb, but the method cannot be used after the dish has been mounted to the mast
Solution Approach 1:
The level device is designed with a rotating section that can be positioned at multiple angles (0°, 45°, 90°, etc.) relative to the base section, allowing it to function as a multi-angle level that can check plumb in various orientations without being removed from the mast. This universal design enables the same device to perform multiple leveling functions throughout the installation process.
Solution Approach 2:
The level incorporates a rotatable coupling mechanism that allows the rotating section to dynamically change its angular position relative to the base section. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the level to adapt to different measurement orientations (side-to-side and front-to-back plumb checks) while remaining mounted on the mast, eliminating the need for dismounting and remounting.
2Measurement precision
If a bubble level is used to check mast plumb, then alignment can be verified, but the level must be removed for accurate alignment checks
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable coupling mechanism allows the level to be dynamically adjusted to various angular positions while remaining fixed to the mast. This enables accurate alignment verification in multiple orientations without the complex operation of removing and remounting the level, simplifying the measurement process while maintaining precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The level is divided into a base section that attaches to the mast and a rotating section that can be independently positioned at different angles. This segmentation allows the measurement function to be separated from the mounting function, enabling accurate alignment checks without requiring removal of the entire level assembly from the mast.
3Manufacturing precision
If the mast is not properly levelled, then elevation and azimuth settings cannot be accurate, but traditional plumbing methods cannot be used after dish installation
Solution Approach 1:
The multi-angle level provides universal measurement capability that works both before and after dish installation. By enabling plumb verification in multiple orientations while the level remains mounted on the mast, it ensures that elevation and azimuth settings can be accurately verified and adjusted at any stage of the installation process, maintaining manufacturing precision throughout.
Solution Approach 2:
The dynamic rotatable coupling allows the level to adapt its measurement orientation to verify both side-to-side and front-to-back plumb after the dish is installed. This ensures that elevation and azimuth settings can be accurately checked and adjusted post-installation, maintaining the required manufacturing precision for satellite signal reception.
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AI summary
Multi-angle levels and plumbing methods are described. In one aspect, a multi-angle level has a body made up of a base section and a rotating section rotatably secured to the base section. A leveling mechanism is disposed on the rotating section.