Binocular telescope

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10012816-B2
Application number	US-201615204333-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2016
Priority date	Jul 9, 2015
Publication date	Jul 3, 2018
Grant date	Jul 3, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a binocular telescope with two lens barrels, which for focusing comprise axially displaceable focusing means, and with a joint focusing device, wherein the focusing device comprises a housing and a rotary knob and the rotary knob is axially displaceable on the housing, wherein the rotary knob is rotatably coupled in a focusing position to a focusing gear and is rotatably coupled in a diopter balancing position to a diopter gear, wherein the rotary knob comprises a locking mechanism for fixing the rotary knob in the focusing position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A binocular telescope with two lens barrels,
which for focusing comprise axially displaceable focusing means,
and with a joint focusing device, wherein the focusing device comprises a housing and a rotary knob
and said rotary knob is axially displaceable on the housing,
wherein said rotary knob is rotatably coupled in a focusing position to a focusing gear
and said rotary knob is rotatably coupled in a diopter balancing position to a diopter gear,
wherein said rotary knob comprises a locking mechanism for fixing said rotary knob in the focusing position by locking said rotary knob against a further axial displacement,
wherein the locking mechanism comprises an operating element capable of activating and deactivating the locking mechanism.

2. The telescope of claim 1 , wherein said rotary knob comprises a spline shaft for transmitting a rotary movement to the diopter gear.

3. The telescope of claim 2 , wherein the locking mechanism comprises an adjusting bolt with a bar and a holding element which can be fixed by the bar, wherein the adjusting bolt is mounted in a hole in the spline shaft running coaxially to said rotary knob and the spline shaft is designed in the region of the bar of the adjusting bolt with a radially running bearing hole for receiving the holding element.

4. The telescope of claim 3 , wherein the bar is formed at a lower end of the adjusting bolt.

5. The telescope of claim 3 , wherein the operating element is mounted in a cover section of said rotary knob, wherein the operating element is connected to an upper end of the adjusting bolt.

6. The telescope of claim 5 , wherein the operating element of the locking mechanism is designed as a rotary knob cover, wherein the rotary knob cover is mounted rotatably in the cover section of said rotary knob relative to a longitudinal central axis of said rotary knob.

7. The telescope of claim 1 , wherein the focusing gear comprises a focusing sleeve mounted axially displaceably in the housing and a thread coupling mounted rotatably in the housing.

8. The telescope of claim 7 , wherein the diopter gear comprises a diopter sleeve mounted rotatably on an axial section of the focusing sleeve and a drive bush running coaxially inside the axial section of the focusing sleeve.

9. The telescope of claim 8 , wherein the drive bush is mounted rotatably on an axial section of the housing.

10. The telescope of claim 8 , wherein said rotary knob comprises a shifting hub, wherein the shifting hub can be adjusted on the spline shaft in axial direction and coupled rotatably to the spline shaft.

11. The telescope of claim 10 , wherein the shifting hub can be moved into engagement with the drive bush by axial adjustment on the spline shaft.

12. The telescope of claim 10 , wherein at least one spring-loaded tilted spring with two stable positions is formed between the shifting hub and spline shaft, wherein the shifting hub is in engagement with the drive bush in one of the stable positions.

13. The telescope of claim 3 , wherein the adjusting bolt is pivotably mounted in the spline shaft in the hole running coaxially to said rotary knob.

14. The telescope of claim 3 , wherein the bar is formed by an eccentrically designed section of the adjusting bolt.

15. The telescope of claim 3 , wherein the shifting hub on an inner wall opposite the bearing hole comprises a depression for partly mounting the holding element, wherein in one position of the bar the holding element is fixed by the bar in a form-fitting manner in the depression of the shifting hub and the bearing hole of the spline shaft.

16. The telescope of claim 5 , wherein in the cover section of said rotary knob a stop element is formed and on the rotary knob cover a stop bolt is formed, wherein by means of the stop element and the stop bolt the pivot range of the rotary knob cover is limited.

17. The telescope of claim 3 , wherein the adjusting bolt is mounted to be axially displaceable in the spline shaft in the hole coaxial to said rotary knob.

18. The telescope of claim 17 , wherein the bar is formed by a wedge-shaped section of the adjusting bolt.

19. The telescope of claim 17 , wherein the adjusting bolt is connected by articulation to the rotary knob cover, wherein the rotary knob cover is mounted to be flipped up in the cover section relative to an axis running perpendicular to the longitudinal central axis of said rotary knob.

20. The telescope of claim 19 , wherein the axial section of the housing, on which the drive bush is mounted, on an inner wall opposite the bearing hole comprises a circumferential groove for partly mounting the holding element, wherein in one position of the bar the holding element is fixed by the bar in a form-fitting manner in the depression of the axial section of the housing and the bearing hole of the spline shaft.

21. The telescope of claim 3 , wherein the holding element is formed by a ball.

Assignees

• Swarovski Optik Kg
• Swarovski Optik Kg

Inventors

• Leitner Matthias

Classifications

• G02B7/04

  with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification · CPC title

• G02B7/02

  for lenses {(supports for magnifying lenses G02B25/002)} · CPC title

• G02B23/18

  for binocular arrangements {(focusing binocular pairs G02B7/06; adjusting pupillary distance of binocular pairs G02B7/12)} · CPC title

• G02B7/06 Primary

  Focusing binocular pairs · CPC title

• G02B23/00

  Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices · CPC title