Conic Section Compass

Drawing hyperbolas according to US Patent 5870830.
The violet axis is perpendicular to the plane of paper.
The orange axis is parallel to the plane of paper.
To adjust angles θ for each hyperbola.
- θ: angle between the orange axis and the green arm.
The green arm rotates around the orange axis to create a cone. Its intersection curve with the plane of paper is a hyperbola.

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