DETACHABLE FORE-SIGHT FOR SHOOTING AT NIGHT
Year: 1885

page_text: I, MAX EGELLS, of Bandelstrasse 13, Berlin, Prussia, Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of said invention for a "DETACHABLE FORE-SIGHT FOR SHOOTING AT
NIGHT" to be as follows:-
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The object of my invention is to facilitate the sighting of fire-armes at night by
providing the same at the muzzle end with means for reflecting whatever light
still exists and of thus rendering the muzzle discernible.
The device which I employ for this purpose, consists in a sleeve of metal or
other suitable material adapted to be easily fastened on and removed from the
barrel or barrels of the weapon near the muzzle, and which is painted or enamelled,
or otherwise coated on its upper side with a white or other light color or
substance.
The said sleeve may consist in a single piece so formed as to embrace a little
more than the upper half of the barrel or barrels of the weapon, and being
sufficiently resilient as that it may be pushed on the same transversely from
above, and that it will then retain its position by virtue of its resiliency. Or, the
sleeve is made in two parts, a top and a bottom one, provided at their longitudinal
edges with grooves and feathers, or other like means which allow one part to be
slipped with its edges into or over those of the other one, and which then hold the
parts together.
The sleeve may be provided with a notch or an aperture for the stud constituting
the common fore-sight of the weapon to project through.

page_text: I, MAX EGELLS, of Bandelstrasse 13, Berlin, Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to facilitate the sighting of fire-arms at night by
providing the same at the muzzle end with means for reflecting whatever light still
exists, and of thus rendering the muzzle discernible.
The device which I employ for this purpose consists in a sleeve of metal or
other suitable material, adapted to be easily fastened on and removed from the
barrel or barrels of the weapon near the muzzle, and which is painted or enamelled
or otherwise coated on its upper side with a white or other light color or
substance.
On the annexed sheet of drawings a sleeve of this kind for a double-barrelled
rifle is represented in two different arrangements. According to Fig. 1 the same
consists of two parts a and b, the part a being provided at its longitudinal edges
with beads or feathers, while the corresponding edges of the part b are bent
inward so as form grooves or to be adapted to grasp over the said beads or
feathers.
If the part a is put on the rifle and the part 6 is slipped lengthwise with its
edges over the beads or feathers of the former, the sleeve will be firmly secured in
its place. The part b may be provided on the inside with a spring adapted to
bear against the underside of the rifle and to press the part a down upon the same.
If it is desired to place the sleeve close to the muzzle of the weapon, it must be
provided with a notch or a hole through which may project the stud forming the
common fore-sight.
In order that the instrument detached from the rifle, may occupy less room and
allow of being more easily put into the pocket, the part a may be arranged to be
slipped in inverted position into the part b, as shown by Fig. 2. This serves also
to protect the reflecting surface.
Fig. 3 represents a sleeve consisting in a single piece so formed as to embrace a
little more than the upper half of the barrels of the rifle and being sufficiently
resilient to be pushed on the same transversely, from above (see Fig. 4) and to
retain its position by virtue of its resiliency. If preferred the lateral portions of
this sleeve may be cut out as shown in the figure by dotted lines, so that the
holding parts in such case consist in narrow strips.
The described fore-sight is applicable to fire-arms of all kinds including pieces of
artillery, the same only requiring in every special case to be adapted to the form
of the barrel or barrels of the weapon.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
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A fore-sight for fire-árms for shooting at night, consisting in a sleeve adapted to
be secured on the barrel or barrels of the weapon, and the upper surface whereof
has a coating of white or other light color, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated the thirty first day of March 1806