Laser beam pointing aid
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Scretary of the Army
InventorRichard A. Curtis
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Abstract
A laser beam pointing aid for field testing of breadboard laser systems and tilizing a hollow housing with apertures at each end and with crosshairs at one end of the housing and a telescope adjustably mounted to the hollow housing and being positionable relative to an output beam from a laser system to allow one to utilize the last mirror of the laser system and the laser beam pointing aid to accurately point the laser beam to a target.
Claims3
A device for pointing a laser beam to a remote target comprising an elongated housing having an adjustable iris as an input aperture at one end and an output aperture at an opposite end, a center line axis through said housing and said input and output apertures, an unobstructed path through said housing along said center line axis of said housing for passing a laser beam therethrough, a telescope, means mounting said telescope relative to said housing, a center line axis through said telescope, and said means mounting said telescope being such to allow one to boresight said telescope and align the center line axis of the telescope with the center line axis of said housing.
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