US1470369A - Teleadjuster for guns and the like - Google Patents

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F. KAMINSKI Oct. 9, 1923,

TELEADJUSTER FOR GUNS AND THE LIKE Filed Nov. 16, 1922 (PM KW Patented Oct. 9, 1923.

UNITED STATES 1,470,369 PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL KAMINSKI, 0F BERLIN-PANKO'W, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO SIEMENS & HALSKE, AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, OF SIEMENSSTADT, NEAR BERLIN, GERMANY, A. CORPORA- TION OF GERMANY.

TELEADJUSTER FOR Application filed November To all v /20m it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL KAMINsKI, a citizen of the German Empire, residing at lierlin-Pankow, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Teleadjuster for Guns and the like, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore, arrangements have become known, which allow a control of guns or the like, as to their elevation as well as to their lateral direction, from one direction telescope, without the adjustment in the horizontal plane being of any influence on the elevation.

The present invention has for its object to provide'a particularly appropriate con-,

struction of such an arrangement, which allows the use of the same electric transmitters tor the search-lights, range meters and telescopes controlled by the direction tele scope and which are adjusted parallel to the latter, as for the control of the guns, which besides must receive the angle of elevation.

For this purpose, according to the present invention, the non-stationary transmitters of the arrangement, which move with the direction telescope and which transmit the parallel position to the direction telescope, are made to adjust separate stationary electric auxiliary receivers. V

The adjustment of the following pointers, following the position of the pointers of the auxiliary receivers is then added, in a way known in the art, to the movement of the range adjuster-of the stationary transmitters controlling the guns.

The accompanying drawing shows, diagrammatically, aperspective View of the improved arrangement.

The direction telescope F is, in a way known in the art, adjustable in a perpendicular plane on its pivot a by means of a crank 76, worm c and toothed sector d, while the bracket h carrying the pivot a of the direction telescope F can be slewed together with the latter, in a horizontal plane -by means of a crank b, said latter adjustment being transmitted, in a way known in the art, over a gearing 3 to the electric transmitters S for the horizontal direction, and the required correction for the concentration correction being added to said transmitters from the drum T, over the inter- GUNS AND THE LIKE.

16, 1922. Serial No. 601,422.

mediary gearing 7- r 1' 1' f, 1' 1' n, and p,- The concentration correction has,

, E ing the range, A the horizontal distance between gun and direction telescope, and a the lateral direction. angle. In the gearing abovementioned, the automatic transmission to the planet wheel '7), is effected: for the value A through the transmission gearing A, of the sine for the lateral adjustment through the sine line K, and for the value of the range through the adjustment of the drum T The tele-control of the elevation of the guns, according to the invention, takes place as follows 2-- The crank 70 turns over intermediary gearings 2', Z, 29,, 30, electric transmitters (/2 for coarse and fine adjustment, which are mounted on the revoluble bracket h. The training of the direction telescope F in a horizontal plane becomes thereby independent from the movement in a perpendicular plane, so that the usual mechanical bevel gearings. which hitherto were to ensure said independence, are omitted. Said non-stationary transmitters g g, which thus participate in the horizontal training of the direction telescope, act, in one of the known ways: for instance the known alternating current systems, either directly on the receivers of search-lights or the like, which (lo-not require a ballistic elevation angle, or on stationary auxiliary receivers 00,, w, for the guns, which must receive the ballistic elevation angles as an addition.

On said receivers .75, m following pointers e 2, are adjusted in a way known in the art, and said adjustment is transmitted to the transmitters 9,, g, for the guns over the gearing m, u, q, o, p, and planet wheel 72, To said transmitters, the ballistic elevation angle is added from the adjustable drum T through the planet wheel 79,, and and the gearing 7),, t, 0.

If the direction telescope F is situated above the guns, for instance in the top of a man-of-war. said elevation must be considered for firing. The value of said elevation, the so-called angle of dip, is

=%: E designating the range and H as known, the value sin at E designatthe perpendicular distance between gun and can be directly transmitted to the transmiters g 9 for which purpose the range value of the drum T is made to act as an addition on the planet wheel p through an intermediary gearing 1' 1' 1' e, 102, w 2, while the constant value H is arranged in the transmission ratio, for instance of the wheels 'w 10 It is immaterial for the scope of the invention Whether the adjustment of the drums T and T takes place by hand or by a clockwork or the like, and Whether the transmission at the auxiliary receivers w, and a2, takes place on the follow-thepointer principle or by any hunting principle.

What I claim, is

1. In an arrangement for the telecontrol of guns or the like, a direction telescope and stationary transmitters for transmitting the training movements of the telescope with respect to the concentration correction, and non-stationary transmitters for transmitting the vertical movements of said telescope to the guns, said direction telescope being located higher than the guns, a drum calibrated for the range, and suitably connected and operated to impart the concentration correction to the stationary transmitters for the bearing angle, and special v and gearing for connecting said drum also to said non-stationary transmitters for the vertical movements of said telescope, said special gearing having a suitable ratio for guns, a drum calibrated for the range suitably connected and operated to impart the concentration correction to the stationary transmitters for the bearing angle and special gearing for connecting said drum also to said non-stationary transmitters for the vertical movements of said telescope, said special gearing having a suitable ratio for correcting the angle of di P and stationary auxillary receivers adapted to be acted upon by said non-stationary transmitters, and being mechanically connected to said stationary transmitters which control the setting of the guns and means for adding the angle of elevation to the adjustment of said stationary transmitters.

In testimony Wherof I afiix my signature.

PAUL KAMINSKI.

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