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Camera mount for rifle scopes

  • US 5,020,262 A
  • Filed: 09/04/1990
  • Issued: 06/04/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. The combination with a rifle having an upper portion with a telescope mounted thereon with an eyepiece for viewing at close range the target of the rifle and a trigger for firing said rifle, ofan apparatus for mounting a camera on the telescope for photographing the image of the target when the trigger of the rifle is pulled comprisingan L-shaped hollow housing having a horizontal portion secured on said telescope and a vertically extending portion extending across the eyepiece of said telescope,said vertically extending portion having an eyepiece at its lower end aligned with the eyepiece of said telescope for viewing,a split prism contained in said housing eyepiece positioned for viewing the image of the target through said eyepiece, and reflecting the image of the target upwardly,a first surface mirror in said housing positioned above said split prism for receiving the image of the target reflected from said split prism, and reflecting said image forwardly,a second surface mirror contained in said housing positioned at the forward end thereof for receiving the image of the target reflected from said first surface mirror, and reflecting said image upwardly,a camera mounted on said housing having a shutter mechanism positioned to photograph the image of the target reflected from said second surface mirror,control means operatively connected to said trigger and arranged to operate said camera, andsaid control means for the camera being remotely operated by the trigger of said rifle whereby said camera is operated simultaneously with the firing of said rifle.

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