Optical aiming device employing radioluminous material

Details Optical aiming device employing radioluminous material Optical aiming device employing radioluminous material

1969-05-02

1976-02-10

Willis, Davis L.

Radiant energy

Luminophor irradiation

Self-luminous article

350 10, F21K 200

Patent

active

039379680

ABSTRACT:
An aiming device of the general type shown in U.S. Pat. No. 2,488,541 is disclosed. The device comprises a tubular housing for mounting on a gun or other device which must be manually aimed and the housing contains a spot source of light which is projected rearwardly toward one eye of the user through a collimator contained within the housing. The light source is preferably a radiation activated phosphor of one color housed in a filter of a different color in order to present automatically a spot source of light of the color of the filter during high ambient lighting intensity and a spot source of light the color of the phosphor during low ambient lighting intensity.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2488541 (1949-11-01), Holme
patent: 2780130 (1957-02-01), Mauer
patent: 3320671 (1967-05-01), Rickert et al.

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