Modular and reconfigurable episcopic sight
US5339720A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 21, 1992 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41G3/22
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to an episcopic sight usable for observation and firing by day or night on a vehicle equipped with a gun. The sight includes an assembly of interchangeable moduli grouping the optical elements, particularly made of a head modulus 1 containing a mirror controlled in elevation, a height increase modulus 2, a day sight modulus 4, a night sight modulus 5, a rangefinder modulus 6, an electronic case associated to a fire-control computer. It includes a modulus of separation 3 of the day and night channels interposed between the height increase modulus 2, and the day and night moduli 4, 5, the modulus of separation 3 containing the means for generating a sight reticle in the day and night channels. The means of generating a firing reticle include a projection collimator of this reticle and a rhombohedron to inject this reticle into the day and night moduli.
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