Finger-adjustable scope adjustment mechanism
AssigneeTangent Theta Inc.
InventorAndrew S. Webber
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes an adjustment mechanism for a scope comprising: a first surface and a second surface, the first surface configured to engage the second surface axially when an amount of force is applied to the first surface, the first surface also configured to transfer torque applied to it to the second surface when the first surface and the second surface are engaged, and a member adjustable to apply force to the first surface to engage the first surface and the second surface, the member being adjustable using only one or more human fingers, wherein an adjustment of the member can always be initiated using only one or more human fingers.
Claims11
An adjustment mechanism for a scope comprising:
- a first surface and a second surface of a torque transfer system, wherein the first surface and the second surface are mating conical splines, wherein the first surface mechanically engages the second surface axially when an amount of downward axial force is applied to the first surface, and wherein the first surface transfers torque applied to the first surface to the second surface to cause the second surface to rotate when the first surface and the second surface are mechanically engaged;
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- a member coupled with the first surface and used to apply the amount of downward axial force and torque to the first surface by operation of human fingers, wherein the downward axial force causes mechanical engagement of the first surface and the second surface, and wherein the torque is transferred from the first surface to the second surface.
A scope comprising:
- a tube;
- an objective system;
- an ocular system;
- and
- an erector system comprising an adjustment mechanism connected to the tube such that the adjustment mechanism provides movement of a reticle on an image that is created by the objective system, the adjustment mechanism including:
- a first surface and a second surface of a torque transfer system, wherein the first surface and the second surface are mating conical splines, wherein the first surface mechanically engages the second surface axially when an amount of downward axial force is applied to the first surface, and wherein the first surface transfers torque applied to the first surface to the second surface to cause the second surface to rotate when the first surface and the second surface are mechanically engaged;
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- a member coupled with the first surface and used to apply the amount of downward axial force and torque to the first surface by operation of human fingers, wherein the downward axial force causes mechanical engagement of the first surface and the second surface, and wherein the torque is transferred from the first surface to the second surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.