Patent GB-1911-16545
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This is a telescopic sight which moves with wind speed measurement so as to present to view the area of the ground which a falling bomb would hit based on its initial forward velocity due to the airplane? The operator sets a lever indicating his altitude, and this information is factored into the mechanism.
Sources
- Flight, 18 May 1912, p. 458
- Original patent document and bibliography entry on espacenet
- Patent GB191116545A on google patents
- Inventor location: Inglewood, California
- Inventor occupation: Hotel Keeper
| Year filed | 1911 |
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| Year granted | 1912 |
| Office | GB |
| Patent number | 16545 |
| Inventors | Frank Lee Slack |
| Inventor country | US |
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| Applicant person | George Hughes |
| Applicant firm | |
| Applicant type | INDIV |
| Applicant is inventor? | No |
| Original title | A Sighting Device for use on Aeroplanes or Dirigible Balloons |
| English title | A Sighting Device for use on Aeroplanes or Dirigible Balloons |
| Tech fields | military, bomb, instrument, telescope, optics, cybernetics, aiming, airplane, LTA |
| Filing date | 1911/07/18 |
| Full specification filed date | 1911/07/18 |
| Application number | |
| Grant date | 1912/04/25 |
| Granted? | Yes |
| Publication date | 1912/04/25 |
| Supplementary to patent | Patent US-1911-1028502 |
| Related to aircraft? | Yes |
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| Patent agent | Hughes & Young |
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| Family year | 1911 |
| First filing? | No |
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| Number of text pages | 3 |
| Number of diagram pages | 2 |
| Number of figures | 4 |
| Number of claims | 6 |
