Sight and compensating mechanism thereof

• US 10,337,831 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2017
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Asia Optical Company Incorporated, Sintai Optical Company Limited (Asia Optical Company Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Sintai Optical Company Limited (Asia Optical Company Incorporated)
• Inventors: Lin, Yung-Chin, Tu, Hao, Cheng, Sung-Po
• Primary Examiner(s): Semick, Joshua T
• Application Number:
  US15/854,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20180180383A1
• Time in Patent Office: 552 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 1/38 Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance telescopic sights in general G02B; Supports or mountings therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 23/14 Viewfinders for photographic apparatus G03B13/02
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/023 permitting adjustment

Abstract

A compensating mechanism includes a base, an adjusting unit, an adjusting cap and a stop unit. The adjusting unit is disposed on the base. The adjusting cap is configured to move the adjusting unit with respect to the base so as to form a first circumferential movement range. The stop unit includes a sliding element and a limiting element, wherein the limiting element includes a movement region, and the adjusting cap is configured to move the sliding element along the movement region so as to form a second circumferential movement range. A sum of a first central angle corresponding to the first circumferential movement range and a second central angle corresponding to the second circumferential movement range is a fixed value. The invention also provides a sight, wherein the sight includes a main body, an objective unit, an ocular unit, an inner lens barrel and the compensating mechanism.

Claims

1. A compensating mechanism, comprising:

a base;

an adjusting unit disposed on the base;

an adjusting cap connected to the adjusting unit and configured to rotate and move the adjusting unit with respect to the base so as to form a first circumferential movement range;

a stop unit connected to the base and comprising a sliding element and a limiting element, wherein the limiting element comprises a limiting portion, the limiting portion comprises a movement region, and the adjusting cap is configured to move the sliding element along the movement region so as to form a second circumferential movement range;

wherein a sum of a first central angle corresponding to the first circumferential movement range and a second central angle corresponding to the second circumferential movement range is a fixed value;

wherein the limiting portion is an opening portion having a first end portion and a second end portion, the stop unit further comprises a limiting member having a first end and a second end, the first end is fixed to the limiting element, and the second end is configured to push against the sliding element so that the sliding element is forced against the first end portion.

2. The compensating mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjusting cap comprises an abutting element and is configured to move the abutting element in a circumferential direction of the adjusting cap so as to form the first circumferential movement range;

and

wherein the limiting element is ring-shaped, and the sliding element is configured to move between the first end portion and the second end portion so as to form the second circumferential movement range.

3. The compensating mechanism as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a limiting screw and an elastic element, wherein the limiting screw penetrates through the elastic element and the adjusting cap and is fixed to the adjusting unit, the elastic element is compressed between the limiting screw and the adjusting cap and generates a restoring force, and the adjusting cap is pushed by the restoring force to stay in a first position.

4. The compensating mechanism as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

the sliding element has a stop portion and a sliding portion; and

when the adjusting cap stays in the first position, the abutting element is configured to push against the stop portion for moving the sliding portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, and the adjusting cap is configured to move the adjusting unit with respect to the base.

5. The compensating mechanism as claimed in claim 4, wherein:

the stop portion has a first side and a second side;

when the sliding portion is placed against the first end portion, the abutting element is allowed to move from the first side to the second side along a first curved path;

when the sliding portion is moved from the first end portion to the second end portion, the abutting element contacting the second side is moved along a second curved path; and

wherein the first curved path corresponds to the first circumferential movement range, the second curved path corresponds to the second circumferential movement range, and the sum of the first central angle and the second central angle is 360 degrees.

6. The compensating mechanism as claimed in claim 5, wherein when the sliding portion is placed against the first end portion and the abutting element is placed against the first side, the adjusting cap is limited to rotate in a single direction.

7. The compensating mechanism as claimed in claim 6, wherein when the sliding portion is placed against the second end portion and the abutting element is placed against the second side, the adjusting cap is limited to rotate in a reverse direction of the single direction.

8. The compensating mechanism as claimed in claim 3, wherein the elastic element is compressed in an amount of compression, and the adjusting cap is allowed to move with respect to the adjusting unit until the amount of compression reaches a predetermined value to stop the adjusting cap in a second position.

9. The compensating mechanism as claimed in claim 8, wherein when the adjusting cap is stopped in the second position, the abutting element fails to push against the sliding element, and the adjusting cap fails to move the adjusting unit with respect to the base.

10. The compensating mechanism as claimed in claim 2, wherein the stop unit further comprises a limiting member having a first end and a second end, the first end is fixed to the limiting element, and the second end is configured to push against the sliding element so that the sliding element is forced against the first end portion.

11. A sight, comprising:

a main body comprising a first end portion and a second end portion;

an objective unit connected to the first end portion;

an ocular unit connected to the second end portion;

an inner lens barrel disposed within the main body and between the objective unit and the ocular unit and comprising a plurality of lenses, wherein the objective unit, the inner lens barrel and the ocular unit constitute an optical axis; and

a compensating mechanism as claimed in claim 2;

wherein the compensating mechanism is disposed on the main body and against outer circumferential surfaces of the inner lens barrel so as to adjust the optical axis.