EP0294750B1 - Dispositif de visée pour armes à feu - Google Patents

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EP0294750B1
EP0294750B1 EP88109019A EP88109019A EP0294750B1 EP 0294750 B1 EP0294750 B1 EP 0294750B1 EP 88109019 A EP88109019 A EP 88109019A EP 88109019 A EP88109019 A EP 88109019A EP 0294750 B1 EP0294750 B1 EP 0294750B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G1/00—Sighting devices
    • F41G1/01—Sighting devices characterised by the visual combination effect of the respective geometrical forms of fore and rear sight
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G1/00—Sighting devices
    • F41G1/32—Night sights, e.g. luminescent

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  • the present invention relates to an aiming device for straight or curved firearms particularly designed to allow and facilitate the aiming of a target when the intensity of ambient light is low or zero, especially at night.
  • These firearms include, among others, rifles, light and heavy machine guns, machine guns, pistols, light anti-tank weapons, as well as mortars.
  • Document GB-A-1.582.526 proposes replacing the handlebars and / or the target of a weapon by transparent cylindrical elements having a rear end, facing the shooter's eye, circular and situated in a perpendicular plane to the axis of the cylinder and a front end forming an angle with a plane perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder so that the latter converges in the direction of the bottom towards the rear face perpendicular.
  • the light from the sky above the target is refracted by the oblique face in the direction of the axis of the cylinder so that the circular rear edge of the cylinder appears brighter to the shooter.
  • Such a device optionally makes it possible to improve the light conditions for daytime aiming, but in no case at night. In addition, it does not provide aiming assistance to average shooters.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy these drawbacks and to prescribe an aiming device which appreciably improves the aiming conditions in the circumstances described above or in similar lack of lighting conditions.
  • this aiming device makes it possible to substantially improve the results of an average shooter under normal aiming conditions.
  • the aiming device according to the invention is characterized by the combination, on the weapon, of elements replacing a handlebar and a rear sight, both constituted by cylinders and having the characteristics indicated in claims.
  • the attached drawing illustrates schematically and by way of example the sighting device and variants thereof as well as its use.
  • Figure 1 shows, in a side view, a sighting device in one embodiment.
  • Figure 2 shows, on a larger scale, a longitudinal section of a cylinder replacing the handlebars of a firearm.
  • FIG. 3 is a front view of the cylinder according to FIG. 2.
  • Figure 4 shows, on a larger scale, a longitudinal section of the cylinder replacing the conventional rear sight of a firearm.
  • FIG. 5 schematically shows a cylinder acting as a rear sight and cut along a plane to allow a right-hander to use the aiming device correctly.
  • FIG. 6 schematically shows a cylinder acting as a rear sight and cut along a plane to allow a left-hander to correctly use the aiming device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates from the side a weapon provided with a variant of the aiming device.
  • FIGS 8 to 9 schematically illustrate what the shooter sees during his aim.
  • the sighting device shown in Figures 1 to 4 comprises two cylinders respectively designated by the references 1 and 2.
  • the same effect can be obtained by cylindroids, or by a cylinder and a cylindroid.
  • the line of sight is represented by a straight line bearing the reference 3 and the eye by 4.
  • the cylindrical element 1 replacing the handlebars of a conventional sighting device is equipped in its center with a grain or sighting member 5 which is positioned in any case suitable, by three spacers 6 for example.
  • This sighting grain 5 is located inside the cylinder 1 between the ends of the latter and is in no case disposed in one of the end planes of this cylinder 1. This is due to the protection against lateral light effects and possible deformation caused by collisions or dust.
  • the cylinder 1 has a cross section and its ends are situated in planes perpendicular to its longitudinal axis coinciding with the line of sight 3.
  • the edge of the cylinder 1 observed by the shooter has a groove 7 intended to receive a self-luminescent material, for example, fluorescent.
  • This fluorescent material 8 will be covered with a translucent material protecting it from the weather but allowing recharging or exchange, in a timely manner, of the fluorescent material.
  • the cylinder 1 is mounted on the barrel of the weapon (this term being to be taken in its broadest sense) by means of a stabilization part 9 of the barrel which carries a hexagonal axis 10 on which the part 11 slides. carrying a horizontal base plate 12 supporting what is known as the receptacles 13 of the axes 14 carrying the cylinder 1.
  • the hexagonal axis 10 is supported by the horizontal fork 15.
  • the second element of the aiming device according to the invention consists of the cylinder 2 which replaces the conventional target.
  • This cylinder the diameter of which is preferably slightly smaller than that of cylinder 1, comprises, like the first, on the side observed by the shooter, a groove 7 ′ also receiving a self-luminescent or fluorescent material 8 ′.
  • This cylinder or cylindroid can also be equipped with a central sight grain.
  • the cylinder 2 replacing the conventional rear sight or eyelet, is cut obliquely, on the side observed by the shooter, according to oblique planes P or P ′ respectively cutting the axis of the cylinder and the plane comprising the line of fire at an angle between 20 ° and 60 ° for a right-handed person and 110 ° to 150 ° for a left-handed person, these angles being measured between the axis geometric of the cylinder and the aforementioned cutting plane ( Figures 5 and 6).
  • the shooter will see in the dark or half-light the fluorescent circle and the aiming grain associated with it and he will not see a regular, fluorescent circle until his eye is in the geometrical axis of the cylinder or cylindroid 2
  • the oblique cut of cylinder 2 will reveal a more or less pronounced ellipse.
  • the shooter is therefore aware that the cylinders or cylindroids 1 and 2, as well as the pupil of his eye are on the same axis when the fluorescent material, which is provided with the edge of the cylinder 2 which faces the shooter appears as a perfect circle or noticeably perfect.
  • This first condition is therefore essential for the shooter to realize that the position of his eye is correct with respect to the straight line 3 which includes the geometric axis of the cylinders or cylindroids 1 and 2.
  • the alignment, at night or in darkness, of the elements replacing a handlebar and a conventional rear sight or eyepiece is therefore very considerably facilitated by the original design of the aiming device according to the invention.
  • the design of the cylinder 2 section showing an ellipse or a circle on the shooter's side depending on whether the shooter's eye is outside the line of sight or correctly on the line of sight, is another very remarkable characteristic of the sighting device for firearms with shooting or curve according to the invention. This characteristic is essential because it allows an intuitive aiming and guarantees a correct position of the eye with respect to the weapon which avoids numerous aiming errors due in particular to a lateral tilting of the weapon.
  • the cutting plane which gives rise to schematic figures 5 and 6 determines for a right-handed and a left-handed planes which are complementary to each other.
  • the angle is designed to allow a right-hander to check the necessary alignment between the pupil of his eye, cylinder 2 and cylinder 1.
  • FIG. 6 shows an angle ⁇ ′ designed for a left-handed shooter, the cutting planes being P and P ′ respectively.
  • the cylinder 2 can be mounted in any suitable manner on the weapon depending on the type of weapon. According to FIG. 1, the cylinder 2 is mounted on a vertical fork 16 carrying the zero-setting part in elevation 17.
  • FIG. 7 A variant of the device is illustrated in FIG. 7 where it can be seen that the cylinder 1 constituting the handlebar of the aiming device is also cut obliquely at its end directed towards the eye 4 of the shooter.
  • This cylinder 1 is positioned so that the major axes of the ellipses formed by the rear openings of cylinder 1 and of cylinder 2 form an angle between them, preferably an angle of 90 °.
  • the shooter sees by approaching his eye to the line of sight first of all two ellipses constituted by the edges of the cylinders 2 and 1 respectively, then bringing his eye closer to the line of sight the ellipses a and b approach circles and when the shooter's eye 4 is exactly on the line of sight (fig. 9) the two ellipses a and b are merged into one. It then only remains for the shooter to make the sighting grain 5 coincide with the goal.
  • the cylinder 2 does not necessarily have to be placed near the shooter's eye, this cylinder 2 can advantageously be placed, for example, at two thirds of the distance separating the eye 4 from the cylinder 1. It is important to note that the aiming being done in a geometric manner, it is no longer necessary to search for a line of sight of maximum length. This makes it possible to place the cylindroid 2 near the ejection chamber of the sockets thus taking advantage of the lighting that they cause by ejecting to passively recharge the self-luminescent material.
  • cylinders 1,2 of considerable length, approximately 2 to 6 cm for example, allows a concentration of light rays on the line of sight and thus increases the visibility of the goal.
  • the plane containing the rear face of the cylinder 2 replacing the target is preferably contained in a plane perpendicular to a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal plane of symmetry of the weapon, which facilitates aiming during the shoulder of this weapon. .
  • this original sighting device is that the two cylinders 1,2 can be integral with the barrel, the adjustment of the distance to the goal (correction of the curvature of the trajectory) is carried out by displacing the grain of sight another device taking up the function thereof, for example a handlebar provided with self-luminescent material, in the plane of symmetry of the weapon; at that time the grain of sight is no longer located on the axis of said cylinders 1,2.

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AT88109019T ATE79463T1 (de) 1987-06-12 1988-06-07 Zielvorrichtung fuer feuerwaffen.

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US10612889B1 (en) * 2019-04-05 2020-04-07 Triclops Sights, LLC Elongated rear sight for a firearm

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