CA1331706C - Sighting device for fire arms - Google Patents
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The present invention relates to a sighting device for fire arms, for direct or indirect shooting, particularly designed to enable and facilitate the sighting of a target when the ambiant light intensity is low or null, particularly at night. To these fire arms belong among others the rifles, heavy or light machines guns, gatling gun, pistols, light anti-tank arms, as well as mortars. It comprises elements substituted the one to a fore sight and the other to a rear sight, both formed by cylinders (1) and (2) one of which at least is cut obliquely on the side of the shooter's eye.
The present invention relates to a sighting device for fire arms, for direct or indirect shooting, particularly designed to enable and facilitate the sighting of a target when the ambiant light intensity is low or null, particularly at night. To these fire arms belong among others the rifles, heavy or light machines guns, gatling gun, pistols, light anti-tank arms, as well as mortars. It comprises elements substituted the one to a fore sight and the other to a rear sight, both formed by cylinders (1) and (2) one of which at least is cut obliquely on the side of the shooter's eye.
Description
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The present invention relates to a sighting device for fire arms, for direct or indirect shooting, particularly designed to enable and facili~ate the sighting of a target when the am~iant light intensity is low or null7 particularly at night. To those fire arms belong among others the rifles, heavy or light machine guns, gatling gun, pistols, light anti-tank arms, as well as mortars.
It is know from patent EP-O 128 753, to substitute the usual front sight and rear sight of a sighting device by elements having the shape of circular or polygonal rings one of them forming the rear sight is provided with auto-luminescent points and of such dimensions that the ~, ,; shooter can align it within the other ring constituting the front sight forthe sighting operation. This device has the drawback to have no central front sight grain or body. These two rings have alway cylindrical or ~3~ prismatic perpendicu1ar crosssections and have a small length with respect to their diameter.
The shooting at night is of extremely low efficiency since the ~i target as well as the elements of the sighting device monted on the fire ;r arms are, either hardly seeaable by the shooter, or very difficult to put `-! in line.
'~ This is particularly true at night, but also in dummy light, -l i.e. during the hours or the moments preceding or following the night.
, .i The invention aims to remedy these drawbacks and provides for a sighting device enhancing greatly the sighting conditions in the above ,~ described circumstances or in similar circumstances with lack of lighting.
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Furthermore, this sighting device enable to substantially enhance the results of an average shooter in normal sighting conditions.
The object of the present invention is to provided : 5 the sighting device for a fire arm, characterized by the combination on the arm of elements which substitute them-selves respectively to an aiming notch and to a foresight, both constituted by a first and a second cylinder, at least , the first cylinder located towards a butt of the arm `~ 10 presenting a rear end directed towards an eye of a shooter ;~ located in a first plane forming an angle with a second plane perpendicular to a longltudinal axis of the first cylinder so that the shooter sees a regular circle only when its eye is located in a geometrical axis of the first cylinder, the ~econd cylinder located at the vicinity of an end of a barrel of the arm presenting a rear end directed ~', towards the eye of the shooter, which is located in a third plane forming an angle with a fourth plane perpendicular to an axis of the second cylinder as well as with the first plane, the first and third planes forming respectively an angle with the second plane and the fourth plane, comprised between 20 and 60, or between 110 and ].50, the rear ends of said first and second cylinders comprising a groove filled with an auto-luminescent material for facilitating a night sighting.
The attached drawing shows schematically and by way of example the sighting device and variants of it as well as its use.
Figure 1 shows, along a lateral view, one embodiment of the @ 30 sighting device.
Figure 2 shows, at greater scale, a longitudinal crosssection of a cylinder constituting the rear sight of a fire arm.
n Figure 3 is a front view of the cylinder shown at Figure 2.
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Figure 4 shows, at greater scale, a longitudinal crosssection of the cylinder replacing the conventional front sight of a fire arm.
Figure 5 shows schematically a cylinder formirlg a rear sight and cut along a plan enabling a right handed person to use correctly the ! sighting device.
Figure 6 shows schematically a cylinder forming the rear sight ' cut along a plan enabling a left handed person to correctly use the=I sighting device according to the invention.
I; Figure 7 is a side view of an arm provided with a variant of the sighting device.
Figures 8 and 9 show schematically what the shooter sees /
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The sighting device shown at Figures 1 to 4 comprises two cylinders respectively bearing references 1 and 2. The same effect can be obtained by cylindroldes or further by a cylinder and a cylindrold. The sighting line is represented by a straight line bearing reference 3 and the eye by 4.
in the embodiment shown by Figures 1 to 4, the cylindrical element 1 replacing the front sight of a convectional sighting device is provided in its center with a grain or sighting member 5 which is positionned in any appropriate manner, by means of three rods 6 for example. This sighting grain 5 is located inside the cylinder 1 between its ends and is never located in one of the end planes of said cylinder 1. This is due to the effect of protection against the lateral lumineous effects and the possible deformations due to shocks a dust.
In this embodiment the cylinder 1 has a perpendicular crosssection and its ends are located in planes perpendicular to its longitudinal axis coinciding with the sighting line 3.
The edge of the cylinder 1 looked at by the shooter is provided with a groove 7 intended to receive an auto-luminescent material, for example, a fluorescent material.
This fluorescent material 8 will be covered by a translucid material to protect it from whethering but enabling the refilling or replacement, in due times, of the fluorescent material.
The cylinder 1 is mounted on a barrel of the arm (this term has to be taken in its broadest meaning) through the intermediary of a ::;
stablizing member 9 of the barrel which carries an hexagonal axis 10 on . which slides the part 11 carring an horizontal base plate 12 supporting i.
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The hexagonal shaft 10 is supported by the horizontal fork 15.
Of course, others mountings of the cylinder 1 onto the barrel of a fire arm for direct shooting are absolutely possible and the standards of these fire arms will be determinant for the mounting type used.
-, The second element of the sighting device according to the invention is formed by a cylinder 2 which replaces the conventional rear sight. This cylinder, the diameter of which is preferably slightly less than the one of cylinder 1, comprises, as the first one, on the side observed by the shooter, a groove 7' receiving also an auto-luminescent or fluorescent material 8. This cylinder or cylindroid can also be provided with a central sighting grain or member.
According to a remarkable particularity of the invention, the , cylinder 2, replacing the conventional rear sight is cut in a slanded manner, on the side observed by the shooter, along inclined planes P or P' cutting respectively the axis of the cylinder and the plan containing the sighting line with an angle comprised between 20 and 60 for a right ;
~ handed person and 110 to 150 for a left handed person, these angles being `I measured between the axis of the cylinder and the precited ~utting plan ~Figures S and 6).
~ The shooter will see in the darkness or dummy light a 4' fluorescent circle and the associated sighting grain and he will see a regular circle, fluorescent, only when his eye will be located in the geometrical axis of the cylinder or cylindroide 2. For any positlons where the pupil of the eye of the shooter is not in alignment with the geometrical axis of the cylinder 1, the inclined cut of the cylinder 2 will appear as a more or less pronounced ellipse.
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~'' ' ~'""' ' -~ C~ r)~ rv The shooter is therefore conscient that the cylinders or cylindroides 1 and 2, as well as the pupil of his eye are on a same axis - when to fluorescent material, provided on the edge of the cylinder 2 facing ;'~ the shooter appears as a perfect or sensibly perfect circle. This first condition is essential for the shooter to see that the position of his eye ~1 is correct with respect to the straight line 3 comprising the geometrical axis of the cylinders or cylindroides 1 and 2. He then has to locate the target on the sighting line with the help of the setting in concentric position of the fluorescent or luminescent circles appearing on the edges of the cylinders or cylindroides 1 and 2, which face him.
~r The alignment at night or in the darkness, of the elements forming the front and rear sights, is therefore considerably facilitated by the original conception of the sighting device according to the invention.
The provision of the cut of the cylinder 2 forming, on the side of the shooter, an ellipse or a circle to appear if the eye of the shooter is out of the sighting line or correctly aligned on said sighting line, is another very remarkable characteristic of the sighting device for direct or indirect shooting with fire arms according to the invention. This feature is essential since it permits an instinctive sighting and ensures a correct position of the eye with respect to the arm eliminating numerous sighting errors often due to a lateral tilting of the arm.
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determines for a right handed and a left handed person complementary planes. In the case of Figure 5, the angle is intended to enable a right handed person to verify the alignement which is necessary of the pupil of his eye, the cylinder 2 and the cylinder 1.
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The cylinder 2 can be mounted in any appropriated manner on the arm in function of the type of said arm. hccording to Figure 1, the cylinder 2 is mounted on a vertical fork 16 bearing the distance zeroing member 17.
From the above description of a sighting device according to the invention, it is to be noted that there is an inversion between the front sight being part of distance setting device and the rear sight, which was up to now always mounted at the front end of the barrel.
It is evident that besides that the invention is not lim1ted to the embodiment here given by way of example and that many modifications can be made. As already said, the type of mounting of the cylinder or cylindroides 1 and 2 is only function of the type of arm to which the Si ghting device is incorporated. For indirect shooting arms, as mortars, and others arms of the same kind, the sighting device is used in a similar way but evidently with different mounting means. Finally it is to be noted that the edge of the cylinders or cylindroides looked at by the shooter is not necessarily fluorescent. Others luminescent means can be thought of.
It is to that end absolutely possible to feed by a DC current battery, adequate luminescent or luminous elements.
A variant of the device is shown at Figure 7 where it is to be seen that the rear sight formed by cylinder 1 is also cut obliquely at its end directed towards the eye 4 of the shooter. This cylinder 1 is positionned so that the great axes of the ellipses formed by the rear openings of the cylinder 1 and of the cylinder 2 forms an angle between . .1 -1them, angle preferably equal to 90.
In such a realization the shooter sees when he puts his eye .~ .
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In this sighting device the cylinder 2 does not need to be placed in the proximity of the eye of the shooter9 one can advantageously place the cylinder 2, for example, at two-third of the distance separating the eye 4 from the cylinder 1. It is important to note that the sighting being made in a geometrical manner, it is not necessary to seek to realize a sighting line having an optimal length. This enables to place the .~ cylindroide 2 in the proximity of the ejection chamber of the cartridge cases to use the lighting caused during this ejection to reload the ~il auto-luminescent material.
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The use of cylinders 1,2 of a non-neglectable length, about 2 to 6 cm for example, enables a concentration of the light rays onto the .';~; sighting line and enhances the visibility of the target.
Furthermore the plan containing the rear face of the cylinder 2 replacing the rear sight is preferably contained in a plan perpendicular to a plan perpendicular to the longitudinal symetry plan of the weapon ; enabling an easy sighting when putting the weapon on the shoulder.
A consequence of this original sighting device is that the two ~ cylinders 1,2 can be fast with the barrel, the setting of the distance to i the target ~correction of the curvation of the trajectory) being made by a displacement of the central sightling body or any other member replacing s~j ~ it, for example a rear sight placed in the plan of symPtry of the arm i -:,~ .
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The present invention relates to a sighting device for fire arms, for direct or indirect shooting, particularly designed to enable and facili~ate the sighting of a target when the am~iant light intensity is low or null7 particularly at night. To those fire arms belong among others the rifles, heavy or light machine guns, gatling gun, pistols, light anti-tank arms, as well as mortars.
It is know from patent EP-O 128 753, to substitute the usual front sight and rear sight of a sighting device by elements having the shape of circular or polygonal rings one of them forming the rear sight is provided with auto-luminescent points and of such dimensions that the ~, ,; shooter can align it within the other ring constituting the front sight forthe sighting operation. This device has the drawback to have no central front sight grain or body. These two rings have alway cylindrical or ~3~ prismatic perpendicu1ar crosssections and have a small length with respect to their diameter.
The shooting at night is of extremely low efficiency since the ~i target as well as the elements of the sighting device monted on the fire ;r arms are, either hardly seeaable by the shooter, or very difficult to put `-! in line.
'~ This is particularly true at night, but also in dummy light, -l i.e. during the hours or the moments preceding or following the night.
, .i The invention aims to remedy these drawbacks and provides for a sighting device enhancing greatly the sighting conditions in the above ,~ described circumstances or in similar circumstances with lack of lighting.
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Furthermore, this sighting device enable to substantially enhance the results of an average shooter in normal sighting conditions.
The object of the present invention is to provided : 5 the sighting device for a fire arm, characterized by the combination on the arm of elements which substitute them-selves respectively to an aiming notch and to a foresight, both constituted by a first and a second cylinder, at least , the first cylinder located towards a butt of the arm `~ 10 presenting a rear end directed towards an eye of a shooter ;~ located in a first plane forming an angle with a second plane perpendicular to a longltudinal axis of the first cylinder so that the shooter sees a regular circle only when its eye is located in a geometrical axis of the first cylinder, the ~econd cylinder located at the vicinity of an end of a barrel of the arm presenting a rear end directed ~', towards the eye of the shooter, which is located in a third plane forming an angle with a fourth plane perpendicular to an axis of the second cylinder as well as with the first plane, the first and third planes forming respectively an angle with the second plane and the fourth plane, comprised between 20 and 60, or between 110 and ].50, the rear ends of said first and second cylinders comprising a groove filled with an auto-luminescent material for facilitating a night sighting.
The attached drawing shows schematically and by way of example the sighting device and variants of it as well as its use.
Figure 1 shows, along a lateral view, one embodiment of the @ 30 sighting device.
Figure 2 shows, at greater scale, a longitudinal crosssection of a cylinder constituting the rear sight of a fire arm.
n Figure 3 is a front view of the cylinder shown at Figure 2.
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Figure 4 shows, at greater scale, a longitudinal crosssection of the cylinder replacing the conventional front sight of a fire arm.
Figure 5 shows schematically a cylinder formirlg a rear sight and cut along a plan enabling a right handed person to use correctly the ! sighting device.
Figure 6 shows schematically a cylinder forming the rear sight ' cut along a plan enabling a left handed person to correctly use the=I sighting device according to the invention.
I; Figure 7 is a side view of an arm provided with a variant of the sighting device.
Figures 8 and 9 show schematically what the shooter sees /
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The sighting device shown at Figures 1 to 4 comprises two cylinders respectively bearing references 1 and 2. The same effect can be obtained by cylindroldes or further by a cylinder and a cylindrold. The sighting line is represented by a straight line bearing reference 3 and the eye by 4.
in the embodiment shown by Figures 1 to 4, the cylindrical element 1 replacing the front sight of a convectional sighting device is provided in its center with a grain or sighting member 5 which is positionned in any appropriate manner, by means of three rods 6 for example. This sighting grain 5 is located inside the cylinder 1 between its ends and is never located in one of the end planes of said cylinder 1. This is due to the effect of protection against the lateral lumineous effects and the possible deformations due to shocks a dust.
In this embodiment the cylinder 1 has a perpendicular crosssection and its ends are located in planes perpendicular to its longitudinal axis coinciding with the sighting line 3.
The edge of the cylinder 1 looked at by the shooter is provided with a groove 7 intended to receive an auto-luminescent material, for example, a fluorescent material.
This fluorescent material 8 will be covered by a translucid material to protect it from whethering but enabling the refilling or replacement, in due times, of the fluorescent material.
The cylinder 1 is mounted on a barrel of the arm (this term has to be taken in its broadest meaning) through the intermediary of a ::;
stablizing member 9 of the barrel which carries an hexagonal axis 10 on . which slides the part 11 carring an horizontal base plate 12 supporting i.
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The hexagonal shaft 10 is supported by the horizontal fork 15.
Of course, others mountings of the cylinder 1 onto the barrel of a fire arm for direct shooting are absolutely possible and the standards of these fire arms will be determinant for the mounting type used.
-, The second element of the sighting device according to the invention is formed by a cylinder 2 which replaces the conventional rear sight. This cylinder, the diameter of which is preferably slightly less than the one of cylinder 1, comprises, as the first one, on the side observed by the shooter, a groove 7' receiving also an auto-luminescent or fluorescent material 8. This cylinder or cylindroid can also be provided with a central sighting grain or member.
According to a remarkable particularity of the invention, the , cylinder 2, replacing the conventional rear sight is cut in a slanded manner, on the side observed by the shooter, along inclined planes P or P' cutting respectively the axis of the cylinder and the plan containing the sighting line with an angle comprised between 20 and 60 for a right ;
~ handed person and 110 to 150 for a left handed person, these angles being `I measured between the axis of the cylinder and the precited ~utting plan ~Figures S and 6).
~ The shooter will see in the darkness or dummy light a 4' fluorescent circle and the associated sighting grain and he will see a regular circle, fluorescent, only when his eye will be located in the geometrical axis of the cylinder or cylindroide 2. For any positlons where the pupil of the eye of the shooter is not in alignment with the geometrical axis of the cylinder 1, the inclined cut of the cylinder 2 will appear as a more or less pronounced ellipse.
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~'' ' ~'""' ' -~ C~ r)~ rv The shooter is therefore conscient that the cylinders or cylindroides 1 and 2, as well as the pupil of his eye are on a same axis - when to fluorescent material, provided on the edge of the cylinder 2 facing ;'~ the shooter appears as a perfect or sensibly perfect circle. This first condition is essential for the shooter to see that the position of his eye ~1 is correct with respect to the straight line 3 comprising the geometrical axis of the cylinders or cylindroides 1 and 2. He then has to locate the target on the sighting line with the help of the setting in concentric position of the fluorescent or luminescent circles appearing on the edges of the cylinders or cylindroides 1 and 2, which face him.
~r The alignment at night or in the darkness, of the elements forming the front and rear sights, is therefore considerably facilitated by the original conception of the sighting device according to the invention.
The provision of the cut of the cylinder 2 forming, on the side of the shooter, an ellipse or a circle to appear if the eye of the shooter is out of the sighting line or correctly aligned on said sighting line, is another very remarkable characteristic of the sighting device for direct or indirect shooting with fire arms according to the invention. This feature is essential since it permits an instinctive sighting and ensures a correct position of the eye with respect to the arm eliminating numerous sighting errors often due to a lateral tilting of the arm.
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determines for a right handed and a left handed person complementary planes. In the case of Figure 5, the angle is intended to enable a right handed person to verify the alignement which is necessary of the pupil of his eye, the cylinder 2 and the cylinder 1.
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The cylinder 2 can be mounted in any appropriated manner on the arm in function of the type of said arm. hccording to Figure 1, the cylinder 2 is mounted on a vertical fork 16 bearing the distance zeroing member 17.
From the above description of a sighting device according to the invention, it is to be noted that there is an inversion between the front sight being part of distance setting device and the rear sight, which was up to now always mounted at the front end of the barrel.
It is evident that besides that the invention is not lim1ted to the embodiment here given by way of example and that many modifications can be made. As already said, the type of mounting of the cylinder or cylindroides 1 and 2 is only function of the type of arm to which the Si ghting device is incorporated. For indirect shooting arms, as mortars, and others arms of the same kind, the sighting device is used in a similar way but evidently with different mounting means. Finally it is to be noted that the edge of the cylinders or cylindroides looked at by the shooter is not necessarily fluorescent. Others luminescent means can be thought of.
It is to that end absolutely possible to feed by a DC current battery, adequate luminescent or luminous elements.
A variant of the device is shown at Figure 7 where it is to be seen that the rear sight formed by cylinder 1 is also cut obliquely at its end directed towards the eye 4 of the shooter. This cylinder 1 is positionned so that the great axes of the ellipses formed by the rear openings of the cylinder 1 and of the cylinder 2 forms an angle between . .1 -1them, angle preferably equal to 90.
In such a realization the shooter sees when he puts his eye .~ .
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In this sighting device the cylinder 2 does not need to be placed in the proximity of the eye of the shooter9 one can advantageously place the cylinder 2, for example, at two-third of the distance separating the eye 4 from the cylinder 1. It is important to note that the sighting being made in a geometrical manner, it is not necessary to seek to realize a sighting line having an optimal length. This enables to place the .~ cylindroide 2 in the proximity of the ejection chamber of the cartridge cases to use the lighting caused during this ejection to reload the ~il auto-luminescent material.
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The use of cylinders 1,2 of a non-neglectable length, about 2 to 6 cm for example, enables a concentration of the light rays onto the .';~; sighting line and enhances the visibility of the target.
Furthermore the plan containing the rear face of the cylinder 2 replacing the rear sight is preferably contained in a plan perpendicular to a plan perpendicular to the longitudinal symetry plan of the weapon ; enabling an easy sighting when putting the weapon on the shoulder.
A consequence of this original sighting device is that the two ~ cylinders 1,2 can be fast with the barrel, the setting of the distance to i the target ~correction of the curvation of the trajectory) being made by a displacement of the central sightling body or any other member replacing s~j ~ it, for example a rear sight placed in the plan of symPtry of the arm i -:,~ .
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Claims (12)
1. Sighting device for a fire arm, characterized by the combination on the arm of elements which substitute themselves respectively to an aiming notch and to a foresight, both constituted by a first and a second cylinder, at least the first cylinder located towards a butt of the arm presenting a rear end directed towards an eye of a shooter located in a first plane forming an angle with a second plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first cylinder so that the shooter sees a regular circle only when its eye is located in a geometrical axis of the first cylinder, the second cylinder located at the vicinity of an end of a barrel of the arm presenting a rear end directed towards the eye of the shooter, which is located in a third plane forming an angle with a fourth plane perpendicular to an axis of the second cylinder as well as with the first plane, the first and third planes forming respectively an angle with the second plane and the fourth plane, comprised between 20° and 60°, the rear ends of said first and second cylinders comprising a groove filled with an auto-luminescent material for facilitating a night sighting.
2. Sighting device for a fire arm, characterized by the combination on the arm of elements which substitute themselves respectively to an aiming notch and to a foresight, both constituted by a first and a second cylinder, at least the first cylinder located towards a butt of the arm presenting a rear end directed towards an eye of a shooter located in a first plane forming an angle with a second plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first cylinder so that the shooter sees a regular circle only when its eye is located in a geometrical axis of the first cylinder, the second cylinder located at the vicinity of an end of a barrel of the arm presenting a rear end directed towards the eye of the shooter, which is located in a third plane forming an angle with a fourth plane perpendicular to an axis of the second cylinder as well as with the first plane, the first and third planes forming respectively an angle with the second plane and the fourth plane comprised between 110° and 150°, the rear ends of said first and second cylinders comprising a groove filled with an auto-luminescent material for facilitating a night sighting.
3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first and the third planes form an angle of 90° between them.
4. Device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a sighting spot located in a plane of symmetry of the arm.
5. Device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least the second cylinder has a sighting spot, located on its longitudinal axis and between its two ends, for preventing lateral luminous reflections and deformations caused by collisions or dust.
6. Device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the sighting spot is provided with an autoluminescent material on a side directed towards the eye of the shooter.
7. Device according to claim 6, wherein the autoluminescent material is a fluorescent material.
8. Device according to claim 6, wherein the autoluminescent material is located in the groove provided in edges of the first and second cylinders, respectively at the center of the sighting spot or in a recess, towards the eye of the shooter, forming the body of its equivalent.
9. Device according to claim 1, wherein said device is for a right hand shooter.
11 lo. Device according to claim 1, wherein said device is for a left hand shooter.
11. Device according to claim 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 or 10, wherein the rear end of the first cylinder is located in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal symmetric plane of the arm.
12. Device according to claim 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 or 10, wherein the aiming notch is displaceable in a symmetry plane of the arm modifying its position with respect to the sighting line for adjusting to a shooting distance.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH221387 | 1987-06-12 | ||
| CH2213/87 | 1987-06-12 |
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| CA000568938A Expired - Fee Related CA1331706C (en) | 1987-06-12 | 1988-06-08 | Sighting device for fire arms |
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| EP (1) | EP0294750B1 (en) |
| AT (1) | ATE79463T1 (en) |
| CA (1) | CA1331706C (en) |
| DE (1) | DE3873629T2 (en) |
| ES (1) | ES2034030T3 (en) |
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| EP0294750A2 (en) | 1988-12-14 |
| EP0294750B1 (en) | 1992-08-12 |
| ES2034030T3 (en) | 1993-04-01 |
| DE3873629T2 (en) | 1993-03-18 |
| EP0294750A3 (en) | 1989-09-06 |
| DE3873629D1 (en) | 1992-09-17 |
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