Telescopic gun sight

• US 4,982,502 A
• Filed: 03/05/1990
• Issued: 01/08/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
• Original Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
• Inventors: Weyrauch, Adolf
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gutierrez, Diego F. F.
• Application Number:
  US07/489,478
• Time in Patent Office: 309 Days
• Field of Search: 350/566, 350/560, 350/561, 350/562, 350/563, 350/564, 350/565, 350/567, 350/571, 350/572, 33/245, 33/246, 33/247, 33/248, 42/101
• US Class Current: 42/122
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 23/14 Viewfinders for photographic apparatus G03B13/02

Abstract

In a telescopic gun sight, a widened range of displacement for the inverting system is obtained by the arrangement of the inverting system between the objective and the objective image plane, and the arrangement of the reticle in the eyepiece image plane. An improved tiltable mounting of the auxiliary tube containing the inverting system is provided by forming the tiltable joint for the auxiliary tube as flexible or elastic monolithic joint.

Claims

1. In a telescopic gun sight with a main tube which has sight adjustment means including a movable action point, said main tube also having an optical axis along which are mounted an objective with an objective image plane and an eyepiece with an eyepiece image plane, an auxiliary tube positioned between said objective and said eyepiece and pivotable about one of its ends for displacement of the other end thereof out of alignment with the axis of said main tube in response to the movement of said action point, and an inverting system arranged within said auxiliary tube, the improvement wherein the portion of said auxiliary tube adjacent said pivot end is formed as a spring joint having sufficient flexibility to permit the displacement of its other end.

2. A gun sight as defined in claim 1, wherein said point of action for displacement of said inverting system is arranged behind said objective image plane (1a) by an amount S which is defined by the expression ##EQU2## where L is the distance between the objective image plane (1a) and the eyepiece image plane (2a), and β

is the magnification of the inverting system.

3. A gun sight as defined in claim 2, wherein S is in the range of 16 mm to 32 mm.

4. A gun sight as defined in claim 2, wherein L is 96 mm, β

is -2, and S is in the range of 16 mm to 32 mm.

5. A gun sight as defined in claim 1, wherein said spring joint portion is formed by providing slits in said auxiliary tube to increase flexibility thereof at said portion.

6. A gun sight as defined in claim 5, wherein said slits extend transverse to the optical axis of the gun sight.

7. A gun sight as defined in claim 5, wherein said slits extend obliquely with respect to the optical axis of the gun sight.

8. A gun sight as defined in claim 5, wherein said slits are elliptical.

9. A gun sight as defined in claim 5, wherein said slits are curved.

10. A telescopic gun sight comprising a main tube (5), an objective (1) in said main tube, an eyepiece (2), an auxiliary tube (4) within said main tube between said objective and said eyepiece, an inverting system (3) arranged in said auxiliary tube, and flexible mounting means for said auxiliary tube enabling said auxiliary tube and said inverting system to be pivoted about one end thereof and tilted relative to said main tube, said mounting means including a portion of said auxiliary tube in proximity to said pivot end formed as a spring joint.

11. A gun sight as defined in claim 10, wherein said spring joint portion is formed by providing slits in said auxiliary tube to increase flexibility thereof at said portion.

12. A gun sight as defined in claim 11, wherein said extend transverse to the optical axis of the gun sight.

13. A gun sight as defined in claim 11, wherein said slits extend obliquely with respect to the optical axis of the gun sight.

14. A gun sight as defined in claim 11, wherein said slits are elliptical.