Adaptor for releasably attaching a sighting telescope to a weapon
AssigneeCarl-Zeiss-Stiftung
InventorFranz Plank
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Abstract
The invention is directed to an adaptor for releasably attaching a sighting telescope to a weapon. The adaptor includes an elongated base body having upper and lower sides with a holder formed on the upper side for holding the sighting telescope therein. A rigid fixing element is formed on the lower surface of the base body for engaging the weapon at a first location thereon and a movable fixing element releasably engages the weapon at a second location thereon. The adaptor affords the advantage that a tedious alignment of both fixing elements with respect to each other is eliminated when mounting the adaptor on the weapon. A later misalignment of the two fixing elements to each other is no longer possible since they are both disposed on one and the same base body.
Claims19
An adaptor for releasably attaching a sighting telescope to a weapon, the adaptor comprising:
- an elongated base body having upper and lower sides;
- holding means formed on said upper side for holding the sighting telescope therein;
- rigid fixing means formed on said lower surface for engaging the weapon at a first location on the weapon;
- movable fixing means for releasably engaging the weapon at a second location on the weapon;
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- said movable fixing means including:
- a rigid stop formed on said base body for engaging said weapon at a first position thereon at said second location;
- a movable clamping piece pivotally mounted on said base body for movement between a clamp position wherein said clamping piece engages the weapon at a second position thereon at said second location to coact with said stop to clamp said base body to the weapon and a disengage position wherein said clamping piece is disengaged from said weapon.
A removable adaptor for releasably holding a sighting telescope and for releasably attaching the sighting telescope to a weapon, the adaptor comprising:
- an elongated base body having upper and lower sides;
- holding means formed on said upper side for holding the sighting telescope therein;
- rigid fixing means formed on said lower surface for engaging the weapon at a first location on the weapon;
- movable fixing means for releasably engaging the weapon at a second location on the weapon;
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- said holding means defining a supporting surface for the sighting telescope extending over the entire length of said base body;
- the sighting telescope having a rail formed thereon;
- said holding means including a rail guide formed on said upper side and said rail guide defining an opening having a wedge-shaped cross section for receiving said rail of the sighting telescope therein;
- and,
- said movable fixing means including:
- a rigid stop formed on said base body for engaging said weapon at a first position thereon at said second location;
- a movable clamping piece pivotally mounted on said base body for movement between a clamp position wherein said clamping piece engages the weapon at a second position thereon at said second location to coact with said stop to clamp said base body to the weapon and a disengage position wherein said clamping piece is disengaged from said weapon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.