Patent FR-1911-429878

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Patent for bombsight analogous to Patent US-1911-991378.

(Hallion, 2003, pp. 300–302, describes how inventor Riley Estel Scott was turned down by the US military after demonstrating the effectiveness of his system, and went directly to France, where he was able to sell it to the French government.)

The French version is longer and contains 4 additional figures. The extra material pertains to use and stabilization of a telescopic sight. Patent FR-1912-444692 expands further on the latter.

Tech category: CPC B64D1/04 Dropping, ejecting, or releasing articles the articles being explosive, e.g. bombs

Patent family descending from Patent FR-1911-429878

  • Patent FR-1912-444692 (English title: device for maintaining a telescope in a vertical line of aiming on a graduated sector carried by a moving vehicle, such as an aeroplane or other aircraft, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1911-429878, Filing date: 1912-06-06, National tech categories: FR 6.4)
  • Patent FR-1911-429878 (English title: Apparatus for releasing or launching explosive projectiles from an aerostat or other aerial machine, Filing date: 1911-05-06, National tech categories: FR 6.4)

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Year filed 1911
Year granted 1911
Office FR
Patent number 429878
Inventors Riley Estel Scott
Inventor country US
Inventor location
Applicant person Riley Estel Scott
Applicant firm
Applicant type INDIV
Applicant is inventor? 1
Original title Appareil pour relacher ou lancer des projectiles explosibles d'un aérostat ou autre machine aérienne
English title Apparatus for releasing or launching explosive projectiles from an aerostat or other aerial machine
Tech fields projectile, military, visibility
Filing date 1911-05-06
Full specification filed date
Application number FRD429878 19110506
Grant date 1911-07-29
Granted? 1
Publication date 1911-10-03
Supplementary to patent
Related to aircraft? 1
Serial number
Patent agent Ch. Mardelet
Assigned to
National tech categories FR 6.4
IPCs IPC F41G3/24
CPCs CPC F41G3/24, CPC B64D1/04
Family year 1911
First filing?
Cites these patents
Citations from after 1930
Application ID
INPADOC family ID
Number of text pages 6
Number of diagram pages 3
Number of figures 10
Number of claims 6