US773813A - Telescope-support. - Google Patents

Description

'No. 773,813. PATENTED NOV. 1, 1904.

G. N. SAEGMULLER; I

TELESCOPE SUPPORT.

'APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 24, 1904.

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TELESCOPE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,813,6ate0i November 1, 1964:. Application filed March 24, 190%. Serial No. 199,732. (No model.)

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Be it know n that I, G EORGE N. SAEGMULLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yi ashington, District of Columbia, have in"- vcnted certainnew and useful Improvements in Tlelescopc-Sup ports, of which the following is a specification.

lu that class of telescopes employed inconnection with heavy ordnance extreme accuracy of mounting is a necessity; but for various masons it often happens that these telescopes hccoinc deranged or damaged, so that it hccoi'nes necessary to remove them from their mounts and replace them with others that are in proper condition for use. it is practically impossible to manufacture telescopes that are exact duplicates in the minutcst details, and the result is that it is exceedingly diliieuit to mount another in the place of one removed so that it will bear exactly the .sznnercla'tion so far as pointing. range, and the like are concerned. This very serious objection I propose to obviate by means of thipresent invention, and the overcoming of the same is the primary object thereof.

one form of the mount, showing the telescope.

in place. Fig. Lis an end elevation of the clamping-ring. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the holding sleeve or jacket, and Fig. i is a sectional view through a modification.-

T he same letters of reference are employed for the purpose of designating the same parts throughout the various figures above described.

The tel escope proper (shogvnin section in Fig. 1) is of the ordinary or well-known ype lar in cross-section. Fitted upon the casing A is a holding sleeve or jacket B, split as shown at C and having a circular hore to snugly receive the telescope-case, shown' in Fig. 1. The exterior of this sleeve or jacket B is preferably angular in crosssection,

whcreby a series of flat sides are. obtained. Triangular, pentagonal; or other arrangemcnt of surfaces may, however, be employed Without in any manner departing from the spirit of the invention. I

The support proper consists of a standard D, a portion only of I which is shown, and which may be secured or mounted at its lower end in any manner suitable. The standard D has at its upper end a clamping-ring composed of sections E and F. Thesection E is rigidly mounted on and may he made integral with the standard I), as shown, and has at its upper ends oppositely-extending ears G. The upper section F comprises half the ring and has at its lower ends ears H, adapted to lie over the ears G. Clamping-holtsi, passing through the ears H and screwed into the ears Cr, serve to hold the ring-sections together.

Particular attention is asked to the inner surface of the clamping-ring. It will be seen that the lower section E has two convergently angularly-disposed flat homing-surfaces J, while the portion K between these surfaces is rounded. The upper ring-section F has its inner top surface' flattened, as shown at L,

is also rounded. This arrangement there fore affords three substautially flat bearingsurfaces that engage corresponding spaced flat hearing-surfaces of the jacket or siceve B, leaving the other surfaces unengaged hy the clamping-rin The parts as assembled are shown in Fi 1, where, as already described, an ordinary round-case telescope is employed. When the ring is clamped down upon the sleeve, it will he clear that the telescope will he held against movement therein and thereby, so that its position will remain the same under all conditions. If new it becomes necessary to replace.

while the portion M. on opposite sides thereof comprising a tubular casing A, that is circu- (shown in the present instance as hexagonal the telescope with a new one, the old one may we The ,new one ably be found out of line when sighted on the 1 same object; but by means of this support the error can be readily rectified by suitably Le s filing the different bearing-surfaces J 'T and L until the telescope has been brought-to l proper position.

The mount therefore af fords simple and convenient means for readily 1 her having angular]y-disposed inner surfaces securing the desired result.

A modification and one that constitutes no departure from the spirit of the invention is shown in 'Fig. 1., in this instance the telescope-case itself is made angular in cross-scej tion and is designated by the letter A.

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mount, however, is constructed exactly the sameas the one shownin Figs. 1 and 2, and I 1 porting-standard, and asectional r1ngmount no further description is therefore necessary.

In the claims hereinafter set forth the term t v telescope member is used, and this term is 2 intended to be broad enough to include the telescope A and the sleeve B. as well as the telescope A and other modifications which I do not consider necessary to herein illustrate.

Having thus described my invention, what;

I claim new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a mount of the class described, the combination with a telescope member having pluralitwof spaced bearings extending longitudinally of the telescope member, of a supporting member including a clamp having spaced bearings corresponding to and engaging the bearings of the telescope member,

certain of said bearings being changeable to 5 permit the change of position of the telescope that bears against certain of said angularli disposed faces.

1. In a mount of the class described, the

in a mount of the class described, the

combination with a telescope member having spaced substantially flat surfaces, and a sectional clamping-ring having spaced substantially fiat surfaces that engage the flat surfaces of the telescope member, the portions between the said flat surfaces being unen- 7. In a mount of the class (l6SCl'l J@(l,tl16 combination with a telescope member that is angular in cross-section, of a clamping momthat engage certain of the spaced angular surfaces of the telescope member, the surfaces between said"engaged surfaces being unengaged.

8. In a mount of the class described, the combination with a telescope member having convcrgently-disposed side faces, of a suped on the supporting-standard and having spaced angularly-disposed inner surfaces that engage certain of the surfaces of the telescope.

member.

9. In a mount of the class described, the

combination with a telescope member having other section having ears corresponding to the ears of the first sectlon, means for fastening the ears together. angular flat surfaces formed upon the inner sides of the ring, and a telescope member arranged within the ring and 1 having angular flat surfaces that are borne combination with a telescope member having a plurality of faces angularly disposed with relation to each other and extending longitu--;'

dinallv of the member, of a supporting member including a clamp that surrounds and bears against certain of the spaced faces of the said telescope member. a

in a mount of the class (.lcscrilmd, a tclel scope member having spaced sul'istantially flat r surfaces, and a clamping member having spaced substantially flat surfaces that engage the fiat surfaces of the telescope member. 6. In a mount of the class described, the

upon by the flat surfaces of the ring.

1-1. In a mount of the class described, the

combination with a telescope, of a sleeve hav- 12. In a mount of the class described, the

combination with a telescope-case circular in cross-section, of a split clamping-sleeve having a circular bore to receive the telescopecase and angularly-disposcd outer fiat surfaces, a suppOrting-standard, and a sectional clamping-ring carried by the standard and having angularLv-disposed' flat surfaces that are arranged to bear upon certain of the-surfaces of the sleeve.

in testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' GEORGE N. SAEHMULLER.

' Witnesses: v

MARSHALL V\"'. \Vrnes, VILEIAM C. SI-Ms.

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