EP1596152B1 - Combination of a firearm and a sighting device comprising a light source - Google Patents

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EP1596152B1
EP1596152B1 EP05009544A EP05009544A EP1596152B1 EP 1596152 B1 EP1596152 B1 EP 1596152B1 EP 05009544 A EP05009544 A EP 05009544A EP 05009544 A EP05009544 A EP 05009544A EP 1596152 B1 EP1596152 B1 EP 1596152B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G1/00—Sighting devices
    • F41G1/32—Night sights, e.g. luminescent
    • F41G1/34—Night sights, e.g. luminescent combined with light source, e.g. spot light
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F41G1/34—Night sights, e.g. luminescent combined with light source, e.g. spot light
    • F41G1/345—Night sights, e.g. luminescent combined with light source, e.g. spot light for illuminating the sights
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
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  • the invention relates to a combination of a firearm and an attachable to the firearm sighting device according to the preamble of claim 1, wherein the sighting device is provided with an electric lighting device which is switched on and off by means of a switch.
  • a part of the reticle for example, the target point or a target cross, be illuminated in order to obtain depending on the application, a contrast increase the retraction, respectively a part thereof.
  • the energy source for the illuminated reticle is usually a battery located in the tower of the reticle.
  • On the market versions are controlled on the device itself, through a combined on / off switch and brightness controller.
  • Such a sighting device is from the DE 199 13 461 A1 known, in which case the lighting device is designed as a retrofit kit for a conventional riflescope with unlit reticle.
  • a hand In hunting operation, to use a riflescope with a reticle, a hand must be removed from the hunting rifle before or after banging to operate the device, i. turn on the lights and adjust their brightness. This can on the one hand - for example in Drückjagdsituationen - cost precious seconds or even be dangerous if it was forgotten to turn on the device and then the firearm weapon is held with one hand to turn on with the other hand, the reticle.
  • the devices are often already turned on when the actual hunting practice begins. This unnecessarily consumes energy because the reticle is only needed for the actual firing, and often causes the battery to be dead at the crucial moment.
  • the present invention seeks to improve the operation of the reticle illumination in terms of comfort and safety in a visor device with electrically illuminated reticle.
  • the invention provides according to claim 1, in a combination of firearm and sighting device for a firearm with a reticle the switch to turn it on and off the same way and to arrange in or on the sighting device so that it is at the intended attachment of the sighting device to the firearm is actuated by the operation of an intended for transfer of the firearm in readiness for fire in or on the same actuator necessarily to turn on the lighting device.
  • the switch also also designed and arranged in or on the sighting device so that it is operated by a displacement of the firearm except readiness to fire inevitably to turn off the illumination device when properly fixing the sighting device on the firearm.
  • This also eliminates the need to manually turn off the Leuchtab Products in a waiver of an intended shot and after the delivery of one or more shots, provided that thereafter or thereby the fire readiness is canceled.
  • the switch can be actuated without contact, since this facilitates the production of an operative connection between an actuating member of the firearm and a switch arranged in or on the sighting device in a particular manner.
  • a non-contact switch is primarily a closable by the force of a magnetic field reed contact into consideration.
  • an electronic semiconductor switch which can be controlled via an optical, inductive or capacitive proximity sensor and an evaluation circuit associated therewith. In this case, however, a certain power consumption by the evaluation circuit is unavoidable. Such a power consumption can be acceptable if it can be kept very low compared to the power consumption of the light source.
  • the principle according to the invention can in principle also be realized using a conventional switch which can be actuated by mechanical power transmission.
  • the switch for switching on and off of the Leuchtab Betters is preferably located in or on the sighting device, the switch or an actuator should the same at the intended Attach the sighting device to the firearm on that side of the sighting device, which faces the firearm. This favors both a non-contact, as well as a purely mechanical coupling with an actuator of said type on the weapon.
  • the inventive principle can be realized except in the form of a finished sighting device by a retrofit kit, which is intended for a visor with a reticle a standard provided on / off switch of the reticle, which is operated separately from the firearm manually, by a To replace switch of the aforementioned kind, which is necessarily actuated by a for firing the firearm in or on the same provided for actuating the firing device to turn on the Leuchtab Productss.
  • a retrofit kit can be significantly improved in terms of comfort and safety with relatively little effort in existing high-quality visors with reticle operation of the reticle lighting.
  • Fig. 1 shows a sighting device 1 in the form of a riflescope, which is mounted on a firearm 2 in the form of a hunting rifle by means of a mounting 3 of known type.
  • the sighting device 1 includes a reticle, for example in the form of a crosshair, which is partially illuminated, for example, by a luminous point in the middle.
  • This illumination is generated by a light source 4, which is a light-emitting diode (LED).
  • a light source 4 which is a light-emitting diode (LED).
  • Possibilities for optical insertion of a luminous point at a defined point in the field of view of a riflescope are known and not of interest here.
  • To power the light source 4 is a battery 5.
  • a switch 6 is connected in the form of a reed contact. All belonging to this circuit elements are installed in the sighting device 1 or attached thereto. It is understood that the representation of said circuit in Fig. 1 is schematic.
  • a reed contact is an electrical switch consisting of two electrically and magnetically conductive contact tongues in a glass tube with protective gas filling, which can be brought into contact with each other by the generation of an external magnetic field, in particular by approaching a permanent magnet to close a circuit , When the magnetic field is removed, the contact tongues move away from each other and interrupt the circuit.
  • a reed contact is thus a non-contact switch.
  • the firearm 2 has a trigger mechanism whose spring can be tensioned and relaxed by a so-called cocking slide 8 arranged at the top of the grip 7.
  • the trigger mechanism of the weapon 2 is relaxed and can be tensioned by the cocking slide 8 is pushed in the direction of arrow 9 to the front.
  • the cocking slide 8 then remains locked in its new position, but can be released from it to the trigger mechanism of the weapon 2 relax, moving back to the position shown.
  • a relaxation also takes place by the triggering of two shots by means of the two trigger lever 10, the principle is of course equally applicable to a einschüssige weapon.
  • the cocking slide 8 moves away from the switch 6, whereby the circuit of the light source 4 is interrupted. So it can not be forgotten to switch off the lighting of the retraction when it is no longer needed.
  • the switch 6 is actuated by mechanical power transmission, i. that it is a conventional mechanical probe having an actuator in the form of a projecting from the sighting device 1 down in the movement path of the cocking slide 8 lever.
  • the arrangement of the switch 6 in the longitudinal direction of the sighting device and the deflection of the lever must be matched to the range of movement of the cocking slide 8, that the cocking slide 8 locked in his clamped at trigger mechanism, front end position of the lever of the button so far deflects that the switch 6 in this case, the circuit to the light source 4 closes.
  • an actuator of a backup which blocks the triggering of a shot with tensioned trigger mechanism, are in operative connection with the switch 6.
  • an actuator of a fuse could be realized for example in the form of a wing, which is arranged at the top of the handle 7 below the switch 6 and rotatable about an axis parallel to the axis of the weapon axis, the wing in the secured position flat on the Top of the handle 7 abuts and in the unlocked position of the handle 7 from vertically upwards in the direction of the switch 6 protrudes.
  • Fig. 1 The previous explanations are based on Fig. 1 apply in general to the combination of a sighting device 1, which has an illuminable reticle, with a firearm 2.
  • the light source 4, the battery 5 and operated by an actuator of the weapon 2 switch 6 can be structurally integrated into the sighting device 1 from the outset, as it is in Fig. 1 outlined.
  • many high-quality visor devices with illuminable reticle are already in use, in which the lighting must be turned on and off purely manually, which is associated with the disadvantages indicated at the outset. There is therefore a need to be able to retrofit such existing sighting devices with regard to their operation in the sense of the invention.
  • a sighting device 11 is shown in the form of a riflescope with reticle, which has been modified by the installation of a retrofit kit in the context of the invention.
  • the retrofit kit has a housing whose main components are an upper housing part 12 and a lower housing part 13 which in the assembled state surround a portion of the cylindrical main housing 14 of the sighting device 11 in the region of a tower 15 attached thereto perpendicular to the axis, in which the standard Battery for power supply and a knob for switching on and off the reticle is housed.
  • the battery and the knob are removed in the conversion of the sighting device 11 using the retrofit kit according to the invention and replaced by other components, in detail from the exploded view in Fig. 3 can be seen.
  • a contact ring 16 and a contact pin 17 are introduced during the conversion, which are isolated by an annular intermediate insulator 18 against each other.
  • the contact ring 16 is also isolated from the tower 15 by a likewise annular outer insulator 19.
  • the contact ring 16 and the contact pin 17 contact on their underside each contact electrodes disposed within the main housing 14 with the two terminals of a light source 4 for illuminating the reticle, the in Fig. 3 not shown and that of Fig. 1 corresponds, are connected.
  • the upper housing part 12 is provided with two contact electrodes, which contact the contact ring 16 and the contact pin 17 in the assembled state and thus allow a power supply to the present within the main housing 14 part of the circuit of the Leuchtab Fixs. These two contact electrodes are shown in FIG Fig. 3 covered.
  • One of the two contact electrodes assigned to the contact ring 16 and the contact pin 17 is connected directly to a contact electrode which contacts a pole of the battery 5 in the region of the battery compartment 20.
  • the other of the two contact electrodes assigned to the contact ring 16 and the contact pin 17 is connected to a contact socket on the underside of the battery compartment 20 opposite leg of the housing upper part 12.
  • the battery 5 corresponds to that of Fig. 1 ,
  • two contact pins 21 and 22 are provided on the upper side of the two legs of the housing lower part 13. These two contact pins 21 and 22 are connected to the two terminals of a switch 6 in the form of a reed contact, which is in a recess 23 in the lower housing part 13 in the middle thereof, ie at its lowest point attached.
  • a switch 6 in the form of a reed contact, which is in a recess 23 in the lower housing part 13 in the middle thereof, ie at its lowest point attached.
  • the battery compartment 20 is closed after inserting the battery 5 by means of a battery compartment cover 24. Furthermore, a housing cover 25 is provided for closing the upper side of the housing upper part 12.
  • the lower housing part 13 For attachment to the upper housing part 12, the lower housing part 13 preferably four holes 26 which are aligned in the assembled state with threaded holes in the upper housing part 12 to allow a screw connection between the two housing parts 12 and 13. As a result, the two housing parts 12 and 13 are also attached to the main housing 14 of the sighting device 11.
  • the reticle of the sighting device 11 is only turned on when it is actually needed, and this is done by a handle that must be executed before a firing anyway. This brings with it the advantage of a long battery life as well as a gain in security in the handling of the firearm shortly before a firing.
  • the retrofit is quickly and without interference with the delicate optics of a riflescope executes and gives a sighting device with standard manual-operated reticle the same advantages as the achievement of the present invention in the construction of a sighting device provides.

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The electric illumination device is turned on or off by a switch (6). The switch is designed and is arranged so that it is forcedly operated to switch on the illumination when the sight (1) is correctly attached to the firearm (2) by operating an operating member (8) provided for deploying the firearm so that it is ready to fire. An independent claim is included for a retrofitting set for a sight.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Kombination einer Schusswaffe und einer an der Schusswaffe befestigbaren Visiervorrichtung nach dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1, wobei die Visiervorrichtung mit einer elektrischen Beleuchtungseinrichtung versehen ist, die mittels eines Schalters ein- und ausschaltbar ist.The invention relates to a combination of a firearm and an attachable to the firearm sighting device according to the preamble of claim 1, wherein the sighting device is provided with an electric lighting device which is switched on and off by means of a switch.

Bei modernen Jagdzielfernrohren besteht ein eindeutiger Trend hin zu Modellen mit sogenanntem Leuchtabsehen. Bei diesen Ausführungen kann ein Teil des Absehens, beispielsweise der Zielpunkt oder ein Zielkreuz, beleuchtet werden, um je nach Anwendung eine Kontrasterhöhung des Absehens, respektive eines Teiles davon, zu erhalten. Die Energiequelle für das beleuchtete Absehen ist in der Regel eine im Turm des Leuchtabsehens befindliche Batterie. Am Markt befindliche Ausführungen werden am Gerät selbst angesteuert, und zwar durch einen kombinierten Ein-/Ausschalter und Helligkeitsregler. Eine derartige Visiervorrichtung ist aus der DE 199 13 461 A1 bekannt, wobei in jenem Fall die Beleuchtungseinrichtung als Nachrüstsatz für ein herkömmliches Zielfernrohr mit unbeleuchtetem Absehen ausgebildet ist.In modern hunting riflescopes there is a clear trend towards models with so-called reticle. In these embodiments, a part of the reticle, for example, the target point or a target cross, be illuminated in order to obtain depending on the application, a contrast increase the retraction, respectively a part thereof. The energy source for the illuminated reticle is usually a battery located in the tower of the reticle. On the market versions are controlled on the device itself, through a combined on / off switch and brightness controller. Such a sighting device is from the DE 199 13 461 A1 known, in which case the lighting device is designed as a retrofit kit for a conventional riflescope with unlit reticle.

Im Jagdbetrieb muß zur Benutzung eines Zielfernrohres mit Leuchtabsehen vor oder nach dem In-Anschlag-Gehen eine Hand von der Jagdwaffe genommen werden, um das Gerät zu bedienen, d.h. die Beleuchtung einzuschalten und deren Helligkeit zu regulieren. Dies kann einerseits ― beispielsweise in Drückjagdsituationen ― wertvolle Sekunden kosten oder sogar gefährlich sein, wenn vergessen wurde, das Gerät einzuschalten und dann die feuerbereite Waffe einhändig gehalten wird, um mit der anderen Hand das Leuchtabsehen einzuschalten. Andererseits werden die Geräte, um solche Probleme zu vermeiden, oftmals bereits eingeschaltet, wenn die eigentliche Jagdausübung beginnt. Dies verbraucht unnötig Energie, weil das Leuchtabsehen nur für die tatsächliche Schußabgabe benötigt wird, und führt dazu, dass oftmals die Batterie im entscheidenden Moment leer ist.In hunting operation, to use a riflescope with a reticle, a hand must be removed from the hunting rifle before or after banging to operate the device, i. turn on the lights and adjust their brightness. This can on the one hand - for example in Drückjagdsituationen - cost precious seconds or even be dangerous if it was forgotten to turn on the device and then the firearm weapon is held with one hand to turn on with the other hand, the reticle. On the other hand, to avoid such problems, the devices are often already turned on when the actual hunting practice begins. This unnecessarily consumes energy because the reticle is only needed for the actual firing, and often causes the battery to be dead at the crucial moment.

Angesichts dieser Nachteile des Standes der Technik liegt der Erfindung die Aufgabe zugrunde, bei einer Visiervorrichtung mit elektrisch beleuchtbarem Absehen die Bedienung der Absehenbeleuchtung hinsichtlich Komfort und Sicherheit zu verbessern.In view of these disadvantages of the prior art, the present invention seeks to improve the operation of the reticle illumination in terms of comfort and safety in a visor device with electrically illuminated reticle.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß durch eine Kombination von Schusswaffe und Visiervorrichtung mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1 gelöst. Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen der Erfindung sind in den jeweiligen Unteransprüchen angegeben.This object is achieved by a combination of firearm and visor device with the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are specified in the respective subclaims.

Die Erfindung sieht gemäß Anspruch 1 vor, bei einer Kombination von Schusswaffe und Visiervorrichtung für eine Schußwaffe mit einem Leuchtabsehen den Schalter zum Ein- und Ausschalten desselben so auszubilden und in oder an der Visiervorrichtung so anzuordnen, dass er bei bestimmungsgemäßer Befestigung der Visiervorrichtung an der Schußwaffe durch die Betätigung eines zur Versetzung der Schußwaffe in Feuerbereitschaft in oder an derselben vorgesehenen Betätigungsorgans zwangsläufig zum Einschalten der Beleuchtungseinrichtung betätigt wird. Hierdurch wird einerseits gewährleistet, dass das Leuchtabsehen sicher eingeschaltet wird, wenn sich der Benutzer der Waffe zur Abgabe eines gezielten Schusses entschließt. Andererseits erübrigt es sich, das Leuchtabsehen ständig eingeschaltet zu halten, da das Einschalten beim In-Anschlag-Gehen nicht vergessen werden kann.The invention provides according to claim 1, in a combination of firearm and sighting device for a firearm with a reticle the switch to turn it on and off the same way and to arrange in or on the sighting device so that it is at the intended attachment of the sighting device to the firearm is actuated by the operation of an intended for transfer of the firearm in readiness for fire in or on the same actuator necessarily to turn on the lighting device. This ensures, on the one hand, that the illuminated reticle is switched on safely when the user of the weapon decides to deliver a targeted shot. On the other hand, it is unnecessary to keep the reticle constantly turned on, since the power can not be forgotten when in-stop-go.

Dabei ist es von besonderem Vorteil, wenn der Schalter außerdem auch so ausgebildet und in oder an der Visiervorrichtung so angeordnet ist, dass er bei bestimmungsgemäßer Befestigung der Visiervorrichtung an der Schußwaffe durch eine Versetzung der Schußwaffe außer Feuerbereitschaft zwangsläufig zum Ausschalten der Beleuchtungseinrichtung betätigt wird. Dadurch erübrigt sich auch ein manuelles Ausschalten des Leuchtabsehens bei einem Verzicht auf einen beabsichtigten Schuß sowie nach der Abgabe eines oder mehrerer Schüsse, sofern danach bzw. dadurch die Feuerbereitschaft aufgehoben wird.It is particularly advantageous if the switch also also designed and arranged in or on the sighting device so that it is operated by a displacement of the firearm except readiness to fire inevitably to turn off the illumination device when properly fixing the sighting device on the firearm. This also eliminates the need to manually turn off the Leuchtabsehens in a waiver of an intended shot and after the delivery of one or more shots, provided that thereafter or thereby the fire readiness is canceled.

Besonders zweckmäßig ist es, wenn der Schalter berührungslos betätigbar ist, da dies die Herstellung einer Wirkverbindung zwischen einem Betätigungsorgan der Schußwaffe und einem in oder an der Visiervorrichtung angeordneten Schalter in besonderer Weise erleichtert. Als berührungsloser Schalter kommt dabei in erster Linie ein durch die Kraftwirkung eines magnetischen Feldes schließbarer Reed-Kontakt in Betracht. Alternativ hierzu ist es aber auch denkbar, einen elektronischen Halbleiterschalter einzusetzen, der über einen optischen, induktiven oder kapazitiven Näherungssensor und eine diesem zugeordnete Auswerteschaltung ansteuerbar ist. In diesem Fall ist allerdings ein gewisser Stromverbrauch durch die Auswerteschaltung nicht zu vermeiden. Ein solcher Stromverbrauch kann akzeptabel sein, wenn er im Vergleich zum Stromverbrauch der Lichtquelle sehr gering gehalten werden kann. Ferner kann das erfindungsgemäße Prinzip im Grundsatz durchaus auch unter Verwendung eines herkömmlichen, durch mechanische Kraftübertragung betätigbaren Schalters verwirklicht werden.It is particularly expedient if the switch can be actuated without contact, since this facilitates the production of an operative connection between an actuating member of the firearm and a switch arranged in or on the sighting device in a particular manner. As a non-contact switch is primarily a closable by the force of a magnetic field reed contact into consideration. Alternatively, it is also conceivable to use an electronic semiconductor switch which can be controlled via an optical, inductive or capacitive proximity sensor and an evaluation circuit associated therewith. In this case, however, a certain power consumption by the evaluation circuit is unavoidable. Such a power consumption can be acceptable if it can be kept very low compared to the power consumption of the light source. Furthermore, the principle according to the invention can in principle also be realized using a conventional switch which can be actuated by mechanical power transmission.

Da die Betätigungsorgane zur Herstellung bzw. Aufhebung der Feuerbereitschaft einer Schußwaffe stets unmittelbar an der Waffe selbst angeordnet sind, während der Schalter zum Ein- und Ausschalten des Leuchtabsehens vorzugsweise in oder an der Visiervorrichtung angeordnet ist, sollte sich der Schalter oder ein Betätigungselement desselben bei bestimmungsgemäßer Befestigung der Visiervorrichtung an der Schußwaffe auf derjenigen Seite der Visiervorrichtung befinden, welche der Schußwaffe zugewandt ist. Dies begünstigt sowohl eine berührungslose, als auch eine rein mechanische Kopplung mit einem Betätigungsorgan besagter Art an der Waffe.Since the actuators are always arranged directly on the weapon for the production or cancellation of the fire readiness of a firearm, while the switch for switching on and off of the Leuchtabsehens is preferably located in or on the sighting device, the switch or an actuator should the same at the intended Attach the sighting device to the firearm on that side of the sighting device, which faces the firearm. This favors both a non-contact, as well as a purely mechanical coupling with an actuator of said type on the weapon.

Das erfindungsgemäße Prinzip kann außer in Form einer fertigen Visiervorrichtung auch durch einen Nachrüstsatz realisiert werden, welcher dazu bestimmt ist, bei einer Visiervorrichtung mit einem Leuchtabsehen einen serienmäßig vorgesehenen Ein-/Ausschalter des Leuchtabsehens, welcher separat von der Schußwaffe manuell zu bedienen ist, durch einen Schalter der zuvor erwähnten Art zu ersetzen, welcher durch ein zur Versetzung der Schußwaffe in Feuerbereitschaft in oder an derselben vorgesehenes Betätigungsorgan zwangsläufig zum Einschalten des Leuchtabsehens betätigt wird. Durch einen solchen Nachrüstsatz kann bei vorhandenen hochwertigen Visiervorrichtungen mit Leuchtabsehen die Bedienung der Absehenbeleuchtung hinsichtlich Komfort und Sicherheit unter relativ geringem Aufwand deutlich verbessert werden.The inventive principle can be realized except in the form of a finished sighting device by a retrofit kit, which is intended for a visor with a reticle a standard provided on / off switch of the reticle, which is operated separately from the firearm manually, by a To replace switch of the aforementioned kind, which is necessarily actuated by a for firing the firearm in or on the same provided for actuating the firing device to turn on the Leuchtabsehens. By such a retrofit kit can be significantly improved in terms of comfort and safety with relatively little effort in existing high-quality visors with reticle operation of the reticle lighting.

Sämtliche Weiterbildungen, die bei einer Realisierung der Erfindung in Form einer fertigen Visiervorrichtung möglich und von Vorteil sind, sind es auch bei deren Realisierung in Form eines Nachrüstsatzes.All developments that are possible and advantageous in a realization of the invention in the form of a finished sighting device, it is also in their realization in the form of a retrofit kit.

Nachfolgend werden bevorzugte Ausführungsbeispiele der Erfindung anhand der Zeichnungen beschrieben. In diesen zeigt

Fig.1
einen Ausschnitt einer Schußwaffe, die mit einer erfindungsgemäßen Visiervorrichtung ausgerüstet ist,
Fig.2
einen Teil einer mit einem erfindungsgemäßen Nachrüstsatz ausgestatteten Visiervorrichtung im zusammengebauten Zustand und
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eine Explosionsdarstellung des Teiles einer erfindungsgemäß nachgerüsteten Visiervorrichtung aus Fig. 2.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In these shows
Fig.1
a detail of a firearm, which is equipped with a sighting device according to the invention,
Fig.2
a part of a fitted with a retrofit kit according to the invention in the assembled state and
Fig. 3
an exploded view of the part of an inventively retrofitted visor device Fig. 2 ,

Fig. 1 zeigt eine Visiervorrichtung 1 in Form eines Zielfernrohres, die auf einer Schußwaffe 2 in Form eines Jagdgewehrs mittels einer Montage 3 bekannter Art befestigt ist. Die Visiervorrichtung 1 enthält ein Absehen, beispielsweise in Form eines Fadenkreuzes, welches teilweise beleuchtbar ist, beispielsweise durch einen leuchtenden Punkt in der Mitte. Diese Beleuchtung wird durch eine Lichtquelle 4 erzeugt, bei der es sich um eine Leuchtdiode (LED) handelt. Möglichkeiten zur optischen Einblendung eines Leuchtpunktes an definierter Stelle im Gesichtsfeld eines Zielfernrohres sind bekannt und hier nicht von Interesse. Zur Stromversorgung der Lichtquelle 4 dient eine Batterie 5. In den Stromkreis zur Versorgung der Lichtquelle 4 durch die Batterie 5 ist ein Schalter 6 in Form eines Reed-Kontaktes geschaltet. Sämtliche zu diesem Stromkreis gehörigen Elemente sind in die Visiervorrichtung 1 eingebaut oder daran angebaut. Es versteht sich, dass die Darstellung besagten Stromkreises in Fig. 1 schematisch ist. Fig. 1 shows a sighting device 1 in the form of a riflescope, which is mounted on a firearm 2 in the form of a hunting rifle by means of a mounting 3 of known type. The sighting device 1 includes a reticle, for example in the form of a crosshair, which is partially illuminated, for example, by a luminous point in the middle. This illumination is generated by a light source 4, which is a light-emitting diode (LED). Possibilities for optical insertion of a luminous point at a defined point in the field of view of a riflescope are known and not of interest here. To power the light source 4 is a battery 5. In the circuit for supplying the light source 4 through the battery 5, a switch 6 is connected in the form of a reed contact. All belonging to this circuit elements are installed in the sighting device 1 or attached thereto. It is understood that the representation of said circuit in Fig. 1 is schematic.

Ein Reed-Kontakt ist ein elektrischer Schalter, der aus zwei elektrisch und magnetisch leitenden Kontaktzungen in einem Glasröhrchen mit Schutzgasfüllung besteht, die durch die Erzeugung eines äußeren Magnetfeldes, insbesondere durch Annäherung eines Permanentmagneten, miteinander in Kontakt gebracht werden können, um einen Stromkreis zu schließen. Bei Aufhebung des Magnetfeldes entfernen sich die Kontaktzungen wieder voneinander und unterbrechen den Stromkreis. Ein Reed-Kontakt ist also ein berührungslos betätigbarer Schalter.A reed contact is an electrical switch consisting of two electrically and magnetically conductive contact tongues in a glass tube with protective gas filling, which can be brought into contact with each other by the generation of an external magnetic field, in particular by approaching a permanent magnet to close a circuit , When the magnetic field is removed, the contact tongues move away from each other and interrupt the circuit. A reed contact is thus a non-contact switch.

Die Schußwaffe 2 verfügt über einen Abzugsmechanismus, dessen Feder durch einen an der Oberseite des Griffstücks 7 angeordneten, sogenannten Spannschieber 8 gespannt und entspannt werden kann. In der dargestellten Position ist der Abzugsmechanismus der Waffe 2 entspannt und kann gespannt werden, indem der Spannschieber 8 in Richtung des Pfeils 9 nach vorne geschoben wird. Der Spannschieber 8 bleibt dann in seiner neuen Position arretiert, kann aber aus ihr gelöst werden, um den Abzugsmechanismus der Waffe 2 zu entspannen, und bewegt sich dabei wieder in die dargestellte Position. Eine Entspannung erfolgt auch durch das Auslösen von zwei Schüssen mittels der beiden Abzugshebel 10, wobei das Prinzip selbstverständlich ebensogut auf eine einschüssige Waffe anwendbar ist.The firearm 2 has a trigger mechanism whose spring can be tensioned and relaxed by a so-called cocking slide 8 arranged at the top of the grip 7. In the illustrated position, the trigger mechanism of the weapon 2 is relaxed and can be tensioned by the cocking slide 8 is pushed in the direction of arrow 9 to the front. The cocking slide 8 then remains locked in its new position, but can be released from it to the trigger mechanism of the weapon 2 relax, moving back to the position shown. A relaxation also takes place by the triggering of two shots by means of the two trigger lever 10, the principle is of course equally applicable to a einschüssige weapon.

Wie Fig. 1 erkennen läßt, nähert sich der Spannschieber 8 beim Spannen dem Schalter 6. Wenn es sich bei diesem um einen Reed-Kontakt handelt, dann kann er durch die Annäherung des Spannschiebers 8 geschlossen werden, wenn in oder an dem Spannschieber 8 ein Permanentmagnet ausreichender Stärke angebracht ist oder der Spannschieber 8 zumindest teilweise selbst als solcher ausgebildet ist. Dies hat zur Folge, dass der Schalter 6 beim Spannen des Abzugsmechanismus der Waffe 2, welches einer Schußabgabe zwangsläufig vorausgehen muß, geschlossen und die Lichtquelle 4 zur Beleuchtung des Absehens eingeschaltet wird. Der Benutzer der Waffe 2 kann das Einschalten der Beleuchtung also nicht vergessen und hat das Leuchtabsehen mit Sicherheit zur Verfügung, wenn er in Anschlag geht. Andererseits spannt man bei der Jagdausübung die Waffe 2 erst dann, wenn sich eine Schußabgabe anbahnt, so dass das Leuchtabsehen nicht über längere Zeit unnötig in Betrieb ist.As Fig. 1 If this is a reed contact, then it can be closed by the approach of the cocking slide 8, if mounted in or on the cocking slide 8, a permanent magnet of sufficient strength or the cocking slide 8 is at least partially designed as such itself. This has the consequence that the switch 6 when tightening the trigger mechanism of the weapon 2, which must precede a firing must be closed, and the light source 4 is turned on to illuminate the retraction. The user of the weapon 2 can not forget to turn on the lights and has the reticle certainly available when he goes to the attack. On the other hand, when hunting is practiced, the weapon 2 is only tensioned when a shot is fired, so that the reticle is not unnecessarily in operation for a long time.

Durch die Schußabgabe oder durch die manuelle Entspannung der Waffe 2 bei Verzicht auf eine Schußabgabe entfernt sich der Spannschieber 8 wieder von dem Schalter 6, wodurch der Stromkreis der Lichtquelle 4 unterbrochen wird. Es kann also nicht vergessen werden, die Beleuchtung des Absehens auszuschalten, wenn sie nicht mehr benötigt wird.By the firing or by the manual relaxation of the weapon 2 waiving a firing, the cocking slide 8 moves away from the switch 6, whereby the circuit of the light source 4 is interrupted. So it can not be forgotten to switch off the lighting of the retraction when it is no longer needed.

Das vorausgehend erläuterte Zusammenwirken des Spannschiebers 8 mit dem Schalter 6 muß keineswegs zwingend berührungslos erfolgen. Vielmehr ist es auch denkbar, dass der Schalter 6 durch mechanische Kraftübertragung betätigbar ist, d.h. dass es sich um einen herkömmlichen mechanischen Taster handelt, der ein Betätigungsorgan in Form eines von der Visiervorrichtung 1 aus nach unten in die Bewegungsbahn des Spannschiebers 8 ragenden Hebels aufweist. Dabei müssen die Anordnung des Schalters 6 in Längsrichtung der Visiervorrichtung und der Auslenkungsbereich des Hebels so auf den Bewegungsbereich des Spannschiebers 8 abgestimmt sein, dass der Spannschieber 8 in seiner bei gespanntem Abzugsmechanismus arretierten, vorderen Endposition den Hebel des Tasters so weit auslenkt, dass der Schalter 6 in diesem Fall den Stromkreis zur der Lichtquelle 4 schließt.The above-explained interaction of the cocking slide 8 with the switch 6 must by no means necessarily be contactless. Rather, it is also conceivable that the switch 6 is actuated by mechanical power transmission, i. that it is a conventional mechanical probe having an actuator in the form of a projecting from the sighting device 1 down in the movement path of the cocking slide 8 lever. In this case, the arrangement of the switch 6 in the longitudinal direction of the sighting device and the deflection of the lever must be matched to the range of movement of the cocking slide 8, that the cocking slide 8 locked in his clamped at trigger mechanism, front end position of the lever of the button so far deflects that the switch 6 in this case, the circuit to the light source 4 closes.

Des Weiteren muß es sich bei dem Betätigungsorgan der Schußwaffe 2, welches auf den Schalter 6 einwirkt, nicht unbedingt um einen Spannschieber 8 der vorausgehend erläuterten Art handeln. Vielmehr kann beispielsweise auch ein Betätigungsorgan einer Sicherung, die bei gespanntem Abzugsmechanismus die Auslösung eines Schusses blockiert, in Wirkverbindung mit dem Schalter 6 stehen. So könnte ein solches Betätigungsorgan einer Sicherung beispielsweise in Form eines Flügels realisiert sein, der an der Oberseite des Griffstücks 7 unter dem Schalter 6 angeordnet und um eine parallel zur Laufachse der Waffe liegende Achse drehbar ist, wobei der Flügel in der gesicherten Stellung flach an der Oberseite des Griffstücks 7 anliegt und in der entsicherten Stellung vom Griffstück 7 aus senkrecht nach oben in Richtung des Schalters 6 ragt. Es leuchtet ein, dass auch auf diese Weise sowohl eine berührungslose magnetische, als auch eine herkömmliche mechanische Betätigung des Schalters 6 bewerkstelligt werden könnte.Furthermore, it must be in the actuator of the firearm 2, which on the Switch 6 acts, not necessarily act around a cocking slide 8 of the previously explained type. Rather, for example, an actuator of a backup, which blocks the triggering of a shot with tensioned trigger mechanism, are in operative connection with the switch 6. Thus, such an actuator of a fuse could be realized for example in the form of a wing, which is arranged at the top of the handle 7 below the switch 6 and rotatable about an axis parallel to the axis of the weapon axis, the wing in the secured position flat on the Top of the handle 7 abuts and in the unlocked position of the handle 7 from vertically upwards in the direction of the switch 6 protrudes. It is clear that in this way, both a non-contact magnetic, as well as a conventional mechanical actuation of the switch 6 could be accomplished.

Die vorausgehenden Erläuterungen anhand Fig. 1 gelten allgemein für die Kombination einer Visiervorrichtung 1, die ein beleuchtbares Absehen aufweist, mit einer Schußwaffe 2. Dabei können die Lichtquelle 4, die Batterie 5 und der von einem Betätigungsorgan der Waffe 2 betätigbare Schalter 6 von vornherein konstruktiv in die Visiervorrichtung 1 integriert sein, wie es in Fig. 1 skizziert ist. Jedoch sind bereits zahlreiche hochwertige Visiervorrichtungen mit beleuchtbarem Absehen in Gebrauch, bei denen die Beleuchtung noch rein manuell ein-und ausgeschaltet werden muß, was mit den eingangs aufgezeigten Nachteilen verbunden ist. Es besteht also ein Bedarf, solche vorhandenen Visiervorrichtungen hinsichtlich ihrer Bedienung im erfindungsgemäßen Sinne nachrüsten zu können. Hierin besteht ein weiterer Aspekt der vorliegenden Erfindung, auf den nachfolgend anhand der Figuren 2 und 3 eingegangen wird.The previous explanations are based on Fig. 1 apply in general to the combination of a sighting device 1, which has an illuminable reticle, with a firearm 2. The light source 4, the battery 5 and operated by an actuator of the weapon 2 switch 6 can be structurally integrated into the sighting device 1 from the outset, as it is in Fig. 1 outlined. However, many high-quality visor devices with illuminable reticle are already in use, in which the lighting must be turned on and off purely manually, which is associated with the disadvantages indicated at the outset. There is therefore a need to be able to retrofit such existing sighting devices with regard to their operation in the sense of the invention. This is another aspect of the present invention, to which reference is made below Figures 2 and 3 will be received.

In Fig. 2 ist eine Visiervorrichtung 11 in Form eines Zielfernrohres mit Leuchtabsehen dargestellt, die durch die Montage eines Nachrüstsatzes im erfindungsgemäßen Sinne modifiziert wurde. Der Nachrüstsatz weist ein Gehäuse auf, dessen Hauptbestandteile ein Gehäuseoberteil 12 und ein Gehäuseunterteil 13 sind, welche im zusammengebauten Zustand einen Abschnitt des zylindrischen Hauptgehäuses 14 der Visiervorrichtung 11 umgreifen, und zwar im Bereich eines daran senkrecht zur Achse angesetzten Turmes 15, in dem serienmäßig die Batterie zur Stromversorgung sowie ein Drehknopf zum Ein- und Ausschalten des Leuchtabsehens untergebracht ist. Die Batterie und der Drehknopf werden bei der Umrüstung der Visiervorrichtung 11 unter Verwendung des erfindungsgemäßen Nachrüstsatzes entfernt und durch andere Komponenten ersetzt, die im einzelnen aus der Explosionsdarstellung in Fig. 3 ersichtlich sind.In Fig. 2 a sighting device 11 is shown in the form of a riflescope with reticle, which has been modified by the installation of a retrofit kit in the context of the invention. The retrofit kit has a housing whose main components are an upper housing part 12 and a lower housing part 13 which in the assembled state surround a portion of the cylindrical main housing 14 of the sighting device 11 in the region of a tower 15 attached thereto perpendicular to the axis, in which the standard Battery for power supply and a knob for switching on and off the reticle is housed. The battery and the knob are removed in the conversion of the sighting device 11 using the retrofit kit according to the invention and replaced by other components, in detail from the exploded view in Fig. 3 can be seen.

In den Turm 15 werden bei der Umrüstung ein Kontaktring 16 und ein Kontaktbolzen 17 eingebracht, welche durch einen ringförmigen Zwischenisolator 18 gegeneinander isoliert sind. Der Kontaktring 16 ist außerdem durch einen ebenfalls ringförmigen Außenisolator 19 gegenüber dem Turm 15 isoliert. Der Kontaktring 16 und der Kontaktbolzen 17 kontaktieren an ihrer Unterseite jeweils Kontaktelektroden, die innerhalb des Hauptgehäuses 14 mit den beiden Anschlüssen einer Lichtquelle 4 zur Beleuchtung des Absehens, die in Fig. 3 nicht dargestellt ist und derjenigen von Fig. 1 entspricht, verbunden sind. Das Gehäuseoberteil 12 ist mit zwei Kontaktelektroden versehen, die im fertig zusammengebauten Zustand den Kontaktring 16 bzw. den Kontaktbolzen 17 berühren und so eine Stromzuführung zu dem innerhalb des Hauptgehäuses 14 vorhandenen Teil des Stromkreises des Leuchtabsehens ermöglichen. Diese beiden Kontaktelektroden sind in der Darstellung von Fig. 3 verdeckt.In the tower 15, a contact ring 16 and a contact pin 17 are introduced during the conversion, which are isolated by an annular intermediate insulator 18 against each other. The contact ring 16 is also isolated from the tower 15 by a likewise annular outer insulator 19. The contact ring 16 and the contact pin 17 contact on their underside each contact electrodes disposed within the main housing 14 with the two terminals of a light source 4 for illuminating the reticle, the in Fig. 3 not shown and that of Fig. 1 corresponds, are connected. The upper housing part 12 is provided with two contact electrodes, which contact the contact ring 16 and the contact pin 17 in the assembled state and thus allow a power supply to the present within the main housing 14 part of the circuit of the Leuchtabsehens. These two contact electrodes are shown in FIG Fig. 3 covered.

Eine der beiden dem Kontaktring 16 bzw. dem Kontaktbolzen 17 zugeordneten Kontaktelektroden ist direkt mit einer Kontaktelektrode verbunden, welche im Bereich des Batteriefaches 20 einen Pol der Batterie 5 kontaktiert. Die andere der beiden dem Kontaktring 16 bzw. dem Kontaktbolzen 17 zugeordneten Kontaktelektroden ist mit einer Kontaktbuchse an der Unterseite des dem Batteriefach 20 gegenüberliegenden Schenkels des Gehäuseoberteils 12 verbunden. Zu einer zweiten Kontaktbuchse an der Unterseite desjenigen Schenkels des Gehäuseoberteils 12, in dem sich das Batteriefach 20 befindet, führt eine elektrische Verbindung vom anderen Pol der Batterie 5 aus. Die Batterie 5 entspricht derjenigen von Fig. 1.One of the two contact electrodes assigned to the contact ring 16 and the contact pin 17 is connected directly to a contact electrode which contacts a pole of the battery 5 in the region of the battery compartment 20. The other of the two contact electrodes assigned to the contact ring 16 and the contact pin 17 is connected to a contact socket on the underside of the battery compartment 20 opposite leg of the housing upper part 12. To a second contact socket on the underside of that leg of the upper housing part 12, in which the battery compartment 20 is located, performs an electrical connection from the other pole of the battery 5. The battery 5 corresponds to that of Fig. 1 ,

Zur Bildung von Steckverbindungen mit den beiden in Fig. 3 nicht sichtbaren Kontaktbuchsen an den Unterseiten der beiden Schenkel des Gehäuseoberteils 12 sind zwei Kontaktstifte 21 und 22 an der Oberseite der beiden Schenkel des Gehäuseunterteils 13 vorgesehen. Diese beiden Kontaktstifte 21 und 22 sind mit den beiden Anschlüssen eines Schalters 6 in Form eines Reed-Kontaktes verbunden, der in einer Aussparung 23 in dem Gehäuseunterteil 13 in der Mitte desselben, d.h. an dessen unterster Stelle, angebracht ist. Somit besteht insgesamt ein Stromkreis, in dem die Lichtquelle 4 (Fig. 1) des Leuchtabsehens in dem Hauptgehäuse 14, die Batterie 5 und der Schalter 6 in Reihe geschaltet sind, so dass das Leuchtabsehen durch den Schalter 6 ein- und ausgeschaltet werden kann. Dabei erleichtert die beidseitige Kabelführung in den Gehäuseteilen 12 und 13 die Zwischenschaltung des Schalters 6 in den Stromkreis.To form connectors with the two in Fig. 3 non-visible contact sockets on the undersides of the two legs of the upper housing part 12, two contact pins 21 and 22 are provided on the upper side of the two legs of the housing lower part 13. These two contact pins 21 and 22 are connected to the two terminals of a switch 6 in the form of a reed contact, which is in a recess 23 in the lower housing part 13 in the middle thereof, ie at its lowest point attached. Thus altogether there is a circuit in which the light source 4 (FIG. Fig. 1 ) of the reticle in the main housing 14, the battery 5 and the switch 6 are connected in series, so that the reticle can be switched on and off by the switch 6. The two-sided cable management in the housing parts 12 and 13 facilitates the interposition of the Switch 6 in the circuit.

Verschlossen wird das Batteriefach 20 nach dem Einlegen der Batterie 5 mittels eines Batteriefachdeckels 24. Ferner ist zum Verschließen der Oberseite des Gehäuseoberteils 12 ein Gehäusedeckel 25 vorgesehen. Zur Befestigung an dem Gehäuseoberteil 12 weist das Gehäuseunterteil 13 vorzugsweise vier Bohrungen 26 auf, die im zusammengefügten Zustand mit Gewindebohrungen im Gehäuseoberteil 12 fluchten, um eine Schraubverbindung zwischen den beiden Gehäuseteilen 12 und 13 zu ermöglichen. Hierdurch werden die beiden Gehäuseteile 12 und 13 auch an dem Hauptgehäuse 14 der Visiervorrichtung 11 befestigt.The battery compartment 20 is closed after inserting the battery 5 by means of a battery compartment cover 24. Furthermore, a housing cover 25 is provided for closing the upper side of the housing upper part 12. For attachment to the upper housing part 12, the lower housing part 13 preferably four holes 26 which are aligned in the assembled state with threaded holes in the upper housing part 12 to allow a screw connection between the two housing parts 12 and 13. As a result, the two housing parts 12 and 13 are also attached to the main housing 14 of the sighting device 11.

Durch die Umrüstung mit Hilfe des erfindungsgemäßen Nachrüstsatzes wird erreicht, dass das Leuchtabsehen der Visiervorrichtung 11 nur dann eingeschaltet wird, wenn es tatsächlich benötigt wird, und dies durch einen Handgriff geschieht, der vor einer Schußabgabe ohnehin ausgeführt werden muß. Dies bringt den Vorteil einer langen Lebensdauer der Batterie sowie einen Gewinn an Sicherheit bei der Handhabung der Schußwaffe kurz vor einer Schußabgabe mit sich. Die Umrüstung ist rasch und ohne Eingriffe in die empfindliche Optik eines Zielfernrohres ausführbar und verleiht einer Visiervorrichtung mit serienmäßig manuell zu bedienendem Leuchtabsehen die gleichen Vorteile, wie sie die Verwirklichung der vorliegenden Erfindung in der Konstruktion einer Visiervorrichtung erbringt.By retrofitting with the aid of the retrofit kit according to the invention it is achieved that the reticle of the sighting device 11 is only turned on when it is actually needed, and this is done by a handle that must be executed before a firing anyway. This brings with it the advantage of a long battery life as well as a gain in security in the handling of the firearm shortly before a firing. The retrofit is quickly and without interference with the delicate optics of a riflescope executes and gives a sighting device with standard manual-operated reticle the same advantages as the achievement of the present invention in the construction of a sighting device provides.

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  1. Combination of a firearm (2) and a sighting device (1) in the form of a telescopic sight which can be fastened on the firearm, the telescopic sight exhibiting an illuminated graticule and an electrical illuminating device to illuminate the graticule which can be switched on and off by means of a switch (6), characterised in that in or on the firearm (2) there is an actuating element (8) which can be moved between a first position in which the firearm (2) is ready to fire, and a second position in which the firearm (2) is not ready to fire, and in that the switch (6) is embodied and arranged in or on the sighting device (1) so that when the sighting device (1) is fastened correctly on the firearm (2) it is in operative connection with the actuating element (8) such that when the actuating element (8) is moved into the first position the illuminating device (4) is switched on by the switch (6), and when the actuating element (8) is moved into the second position the illuminating device (4) is switched off by the switch (6).
  2. Combination according to claim 1, characterised in that the switch (6) can be actuated without contact.
  3. Combination according to claim 2, characterised in that the switch (6) is a reed contact which can be closed by the action of the force of a magnetic field.
  4. Combination according to claim 2, characterised in that the switch (6) is an electronic semiconductor switch which can be actuated by means of an optical, inductive or capacitive proximity sensor and an evaluation circuit associated with the latter.
  5. Combination according to claim 1, characterised in that the switch (6) can be actuated by a mechanical transfer of force.
  6. Combination according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that when the sighting device (1) is fastened correctly on the firearm (2) the switch (6) or an actuating element thereof is located on the side of the sighting device (1) facing the firearm (2).
  7. Combination according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the switch is part of a retrofit kit by means of which a standard switch operable manually separately from the firearm (2) can be replaced.
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