US2021708A - Apparatus for use in the fire control of guns mounted on unstable platforms - Google Patents

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US2021708A
US2021708A US668954A US66895433A US2021708A US 2021708 A US2021708 A US 2021708A US 668954 A US668954 A US 668954A US 66895433 A US66895433 A US 66895433A US 2021708 A US2021708 A US 2021708A
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Watson John Percival
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G5/00—Elevating or traversing control systems for guns
    • F41G5/14—Elevating or traversing control systems for guns for vehicle-borne guns
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G5/00—Elevating or traversing control systems for guns
    • F41G5/14—Elevating or traversing control systems for guns for vehicle-borne guns
    • F41G5/16—Elevating or traversing control systems for guns for vehicle-borne guns gyroscopically influenced

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  • the uncorrected or unstabilizedf angles obtained from the-controllingsight' may be associatedmechanically with' the rolling or rocking corrections determinedin any suitable manner and the resultant anglea'which are thecorrected or' "stabili zed angles'of elevation 'and trainingmay be indicated by' meansj'of pointers moving coaxially with other pointers which are driven from the calculatorfin"accordance'with the angles of elevation and training produced plot to fall on the mean or smoothed path of the first-mentioned plot and in this manner inequalities in the transmission of the corrected or stabilized angles are smoothed out.
  • -:Furthermore' are provided means whereby the uncorrected or "unstabilized angles of elevation andtrainin'gobtained from th Controlling Sight t ii t 1o transmitted to'thegun orgu'ns;
  • the chief object of the presentinvention is simplify anti-aircraft flre'controrapparatus of the above type and adapt it for use with surface,
  • apes ratuscomprises a gyroscopically stabilized mem her by which a device is operated in accordance with "gun trunnion r0113, this device being used for deriving the fgun training cross level :and
  • her 2 is controlled by a pinion I which receives *1 movement equivalent to sight training from the .';.'I'he carriage 16 supporting the pick-up mem- "im'ember 2 is maintained in a vertical plane parallelrto..a'plar' e containing the axis of the director sight.
  • This'movement is applied to a relay l8 controlling a power motor l9 situate at the gdirector sight A.;
  • the movement-10f the power 7 areincorporated in the movements given tog-the gun triningandgunelev'ation indicators or transmitters.
  • the said. member may,
  • Fig. 1 is a diagram of one embodiment, and Fig. 2,is-a diagram of amodiilcation. a r 1, i
  • l, 2: and 3 are three pick-up membersassociated with the aforesaid gyroscopically stabilized memb er which is in the form ofga horizontal metal-disc].
  • The. pickeup members i and Sara M mounted at right angles to eachother and are.
  • the can riage 5 supporting thepick-up members i. and 8 1 is controlled by the pinion 9,,which mayreceive movement from the calculator 8 proportional to parallel to awgplane. containing the axis of, the
  • the camoid I2 is designed to operate a'resiilt member l5 which will receivemove- Q-is'applied via a relay, "and power motor to one :element of .a differential; 2
  • defiectionf correction- i. tei 'sight trainingigunl V
  • defiectionf correction- i. tei 'sight trainingigunl V
  • An arrangement for carrying out this idea is shown in Fig.
  • the aforesaid pick-up members maybe constructed as described with reference to Figure;
  • gun training cross level "sight training cross level are defined in the specification of my aforesaid English Patent No. 374,058.
  • Apparatus for use in the fire control of lowangle-firing guns having trunnions and axes and mounted on an unstable platform comprising a gyroscopically-stabilized member having a stable horizontal-plane; two pick-up'members movable with the unstable platform and moved bysaid plane relatively to the platform in substantially vertical planes, respectively. 'parallelto the gun trunnions and to the axis of the gun, so that each I is moved according to the component of movement of the platform in its respective vertical plane parallel to the'gun" trunnions; and'means accordance with roll along the line of the gun.

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US2699895A (en) * 1943-02-01 1955-01-18 Sperry Corp Angular rate measuring system

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US2699895A (en) * 1943-02-01 1955-01-18 Sperry Corp Angular rate measuring system

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