Geometrical instruments – Straight-line light ray type – Aerial bomb sight
Patent
1978-08-10
1980-06-24
Little, Willis
Geometrical instruments
Straight-line light ray type
Aerial bomb sight
33174TC, 33281, F41G 302
Patent
active
042088011
ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for aiming a missile firing weapon, such as a mortar, including a sighting device including a transit type aiming device with a mount means adapted to carry a reference plate rotatable in a generally horizontal plane on the mount means where the reference plate includes pivot means, generally centrally located thereon, aiming plate means superposed on the reference plate for rotation in a horizontal plane about the pivot means, releasable lock means to secure the aiming plate for rotation with the reference plate, vernier plate means superposed on the aiming plate for rotation about the pivot means where sight mount means are carried by the vernier plate means, lock means to secure the vernier plate for rotation with the aiming plate means; adjusting means to selectively rotate the vernier plate about the pivot means relative to the aiming plate, tubular sight means carried by the vernier plate to determine an aiming line of sight and missile firing weapon means having weapon sight means to be aligned with the aiming line of sight.
REFERENCES:
patent: 600084 (1898-03-01), Lewis
patent: 2579067 (1951-12-01), Cunningham
patent: 2656606 (1953-10-01), Porter
Little Willis
Steutermann Edward M.
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