Reflector sight

Abstract: Battery powered illuminated gun sights for facilitating accurate aiming of a gun in the dark. The sight illumination is furnished by miniature shock-resistant light emitters, such as light emitting diodes, which are energized from batteries contained in the gun by operation of a switch on the gun. The sights are preferably illuminated with red light to avoid degrading of the user''s night vision and in such a way that the illuminated portions of the sights are not visible from the front and sides of the gun and hence do not reveal the user''s location. The front and rear sights may be distinguished by illumination of different intensity or color to facilitate proper alignment of the sights when aiming.

Abstract: An optical sight system of the invention with a wide range of shooting distances comprises a combination of a telescopic optical sight with a reticle type sight. The reticle sight consists of a partially transparent mirror attached to the outer surface of the telescopic sight at the distal end of the telescopic sight. The telescopic sight supports on its outer surface a light source, which emits a light beam onto the aforementioned partially transparent mirror. The mirror reflects a part of the beam incident on its surface toward a full-reflection mirror attached to the outer surface on the proximal end of the telescopic tube. This mirror is interlocked with the second full-reflection mirror so that when the first full-reflection mirror receives the beam reflected from the semitransparent mirror and carrying the image of the reticle, the second full-reflection mirror closes the eyepiece lens assembly of the telescopic sight and at the same time reflects the image of the target and of the reticle imposed thereupon to the viewer's eye. When it is necessary to use the telescopic sight for aiming at a distant target, the first full-reflection mirror is turned away from the path of the aforementioned beam that carried images of the target and of the reticle, whereas the second full-reflection mirror uncovers the eyepiece lens assembly of the telescopic sight.

Abstract: A dual sighting optical sight is provided. The sight provides non­inverted images through a rear window and at least one side window so that a user may view a target from either a rear or a side, respectively, of the weapon to which the sight is mounted. The sight is adjustable to a plurality of different positions so that the user can use the sight and weapon from other than directly behind the sight weapon.

Abstract: A night vision sight is provided for use with a weapon, which includes an objective lens and a non-inverting image intensifier tube disposed along an optical axis, providing an intensified target image. The sight is focused by direct movement of the image intensifier tube relative to the fixed position of the objective lens. A reticle projector is disposed orthogonal to the optical axis and provides a collimated reticle image, the reticle image providing an aiming point for the weapon. The reticle image is superimposed over the target image, which are reflected into an eyepiece of the sight. The eyepiece has an axis between the optical axis and a sight line passing through a pre-existing sight provided with the weapon. Adjustment of the apparent position of the reticle to compensate for azimuth and elevation is accomplished by moving the reticle projector about crossed cylindrical bearings.