US1683106A

US1683106A - Gun sight

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Publication number: US1683106A
Application number: US243866A
Authority: US
Inventors: Fred J Schrank
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1927-12-31
Filing date: 1927-12-31
Publication date: 1928-09-04
Anticipated expiration: 1945-09-04

Description

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F. J. SCHRANK GUN SIGHT Filed Deo. 31, 1927 /NVENTOR /w J'. 50mg/YK A TTU/ENEMY'.

Patented Sept. 4, 1928.

UNITED STATES FRED '.T. SCHRANK, OF AKRON, OHIO.

GUN SIGHT.

Application led December 31, 1927. Serial No. 243,866.

This invention relates to gun sights and particularly for sights adapted for use on Shotguns.

The general purpose of the invention is to provide a gun sight provided with means for removably securing it on the barrel of a gun including a ring of flexible, elastic material of a normal inner diameter smaller than the diameter of the gun barrel, whereby it is adapted to be stretched over the gun barrel and snapped into place at any desired point thereon, gripping the barrel and preventing displacement of the sight by accidentally brushing the gun barrel against an object.

More particularly the invention has for its object the provision of a gun sight formed of a ring of rubber or like material, and having integral therewith a ring of rubber adapted to be snapped onto a gun barrel as set forth above.

A further object of the invention is to provide, in combination with a removable mounting for a sight on a gun, a sight of flexible material capable of yielding under the action of brushing against an object Without disturbing the mounting.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sight for guns comprising a Single unit of rubber molded in the shape of a ligure 8, one loop of which is adapted to be snapped over a gun barrel and the other loop of which is adapted to provide a peep si t.

gThe foregoing and other objects of the invention are attained by the sight shown in the accompanying drawings and described below. It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular forms thereof shown and described.

Of the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of gun sight embodying the invention and designed for use on a single barrel gun;

Figure 2 is an elevation of another form of the invention and one adapted for use on a double-barreled gun;

Figure 3 is an elevation of a gun having the improved sight thereon;

Figure 4 is a section on line H of Figure 3 and 7Figure 5 is a Similar section illustrating the sight for the double-barreled gun mounted in position.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates a Sight for a single-barreled gun in the form' of a figure 8 of molded, elastic vulcanized rubber, one loop of which, for example, loop 11, is of less diameter than the barrel of a gun, whereby it may be stretched onto the gun barrel and snapped into place at any desired point thereon, retaining the sight in place by the inherent contractile quality of the stretched rubber.

The other loop 12 provides a peep sight which may be of any suitable dimensions, depending upon the type of gun upon which it is used. In Shotguns the opening in loop 12 may be about the diameter of the bore of the gun.

As shown in Figures 3 and 4, the sight can be stretched onto and snapped in any desired position on gun barrel 13 in line with standard sight 14 (one position being indicated in full and another in dotted lines). In this way, the sight is effectively adapted for adjustment for shooting at different ranges, and it cannot be disturbed from its adjusted position by brushing of the barrel of the gun against an object, since the loop 11 has a gripping action on the gun and, furthermore, the loop 12 will yield under a blow so as not to transmit the blow to the mounting.

In Figure 2, a form of sight 10 is shown in which loop 11 yis formed large enough to adapt it to stretching over and snapping it into place on a double-barreled gun 13 as shown in Figure 5. Loop 12 may be positioned between the two barrels in line with the standard sight 14:', as shown, at any desired point along the length of the barrels. Loop 12 preferably is formed circular since it will readily adapt itself to the general oval shape it will assume when stretched over double barrels. However, it may be formed in other suitable shapes.

As shown in Figure 2, either form of sight may be provided with an integral sighting element 15 which would be useful in cases where the gunner has sufficient time to take a more careful aim and also to assist Iin mounting the peep sight in correct alignment with respect to the standard gun sight.

It has been the experience of marksmen that the natural tendency of a person is to shoot too high. The loop sight disclosed herein, it has been found from use, tends to counteract this tendency and results in more accurate shooting.

Obviously, modications o f the invention seeded one a -thereon'by the inherent contractile nature of may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention. Certain of the benefits of the invention would be retained by using other types of mountings for a rubber sight, or by using the rubber loop mounting for other types of sights. Other material of similar elastic qualities may be substituted for rubber, rubber being preferred becaise of its high coeiicient of friction in Contact With metal.

What is claimed is 1. A sight for guns comprising an integral doublemlgqp ot'flexible, elastic rubber,

the rubber, the other of said loops providing a flexible, elastic, upstanding peep sight capable of yielding under a blovv and returning to its normal position Without affecting its mounting upon the gun barrel.

2. A sight for guns comprising a sight element, and means for mounting said element on a gun barrel, said means comprising an endless loop of leXible, elastic rubber, the opening of which is less in perimeter than the perimeter of the gun barrel, andthe cross-sectional diameter of which is such that the loop is adapted to be stretched onto the gunbarrel and to be retained thereon by the inherent contractile nature of the rubber.

3. A sight for guns including means adapted to be fitted onto a gun barrel to support the sight element, and a sight element mounted on said means, said element comprising an upstanding loop of flexible, elastic rubber.

4. A sight :tor guns comprising a flexible, elastic, upstanding element, and means for mounting said element on agun barrel, said element being capable of yielding under a blovv Without disturbing the mounting.

FRED J. SCHRANK