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US 8,904,696 · App. 13/786,021 · Granted Dec 9, 2014

Device for fast reticle adjustment of a sighting device

Inventor: Reiner Geller (Wetzlar, DE)
Assignee: Leica Camera AG
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Patent No.
US 8,904,696
App. No.
13/786,021
Granted
Dec 9, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for fast reticle adjustment of a sighting device is described, which is provided with a rotatable safeguard against unintended adjustment and has tactile and visual indicating means for the locked and unlocked position of the safeguard.

Claims (10)

1. Device ( 1 ) for fast reticle adjustment of a sighting device of a telescopic sight in which, with the aid of a rotatably mounted setting knob ( 26 ), an actuating drive ( 2 ) mounted such that it can be displaced in the axial direction acts on the adjusting unit of the sighting device, characterized in that the setting knob ( 26 ) is provided with a safeguard ( 21 ) against unintended adjustment that can be rotated through 90°, wherein the safeguard ( 21 ) has tactile and visual indicating means ( 23 , 24 ) for a locked position and an unlocked position of the safeguard.

2. Device ( 1 ) for fast reticle adjustment according to claim 1 , characterized in that the device ( 1 ) is arranged on the top of an intermediate tube connecting the objective and eyepiece of the telescopic sight when in use, and the safeguard ( 21 ) is formed by a control wheel ( 21 ), which, for the tactile indication in the locked and unlocked positions, arranged offset by 90°, has detent torques that can be felt, and, for the visual indication of the respective control wheel positions, locked and unlocked symbols ( 24 , 23 ) are arranged offset by 90° on the outer circumference of the said control wheel ( 21 ) and, in the respective control wheel position, face the eyepiece side of the telescopic sight.

3. Device ( 1 ) for fast reticle adjustment according to claim 2 , characterized in that the setting knob ( 26 ) has on a circumferential region a scale ( 27 ) indicating the axial position of the actuating drive ( 2 ), which is enclosed in a concealing manner by a sleeve-like edge region of the control wheel ( 21 ).

4. Device ( 1 ) for fast reticle adjustment according to claim 3 , characterized in that the respectively currently set axial position of the control wheel ( 21 ), both in the locked and in the unlocked position of the control wheel setting, is visible on the scale ( 27 ) through window-like openings ( 25 ) in the sleeve-like edge region of the control wheel ( 21 ), wherein one window-like opening ( 25 ) is arranged in the region of the locked symbol ( 24 ) and a further window-like opening ( 25 ) is arranged in the region of the unlocked symbol ( 23 ).

5. Device ( 1 ) for fast reticle adjustment according to claim 2 , characterized in that an axially displaceable annular detent wheel ( 19 ) arranged to be fixed rotationally with respect to a mounting base ( 15 ) is provided with an end toothing system ( 28 ) and a movement thread ( 20 ) integrally molded on the outer circumference, which meshes with a corresponding movement thread ( 22 ) on the inner circumference of the control wheel ( 21 ).

6. Device ( 1 ) for fast reticle adjustment according to claim 5 , characterized in that the axial displacement of the control wheel ( 21 ) is effected by a rotational movement of the control wheel ( 21 ) into the locked or unlocked position ( 24 , 23 ).

7. Device ( 1 ) for fast reticle adjustment according to claim 6 , characterized in that, in the locked position ( 24 ), the end toothing system ( 28 ) of the detent wheel ( 19 ) can be brought into engagement with a corresponding flat toothing system ( 29 ) on the setting knob ( 26 ).

8. Device ( 1 ) for fast reticle adjustment according to claim 1 , characterized in that the setting knob ( 26 ) has a click detent ( 6 , 7 , 8 ) for the stepwise adjustment of the actuating drive ( 2 ).

9. Device ( 1 ) for fast reticle adjustment according to claim 8 , characterized in that the click detent ( 6 , 7 , 8 ) is provided on a rotatably mounted threaded drive piece ( 4 ) connected to the setting knob ( 26 ), wherein, in order to adjust the actuating drive ( 2 ), the threaded drive piece ( 4 ) has an internal thread ( 5 ), in which an external thread ( 3 ) of the actuating drive ( 2 ) engages.

10. Device ( 1 ) for fast reticle adjustment according to claim 9 , characterized in that the actuating drive ( 2 ) is mounted in a slot-like cutout in the mounting base ( 15 ) so as to be fixed against rotation, so that a rotational movement of the threaded drive piece ( 4 ) effects an axial displacement of the actuating drive ( 2 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2013
From: GELLER, REINER
To: LEICA CAMERA AG
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Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2012 004 209 · Mar 6, 2012 · national
DE 10 2012 109 608 · Oct 9, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130312310A1 · Nov 28, 2013