Patent FR-1911-432316

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This is a bomb sight for aircraft intended to display the patch of ground which a bomb will hit, based on the airplane's altitude and velocity.

While this and its British equivalent, Patent GB-1911-16545‎, make no mention of any priority date filing, the inventor was an American, situated in America, and the earlier-filed Patent US-1911-1028502‎ has been found.

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Year filed 1911
Year granted 1911
Office FR
Patent number 432316
Inventors Frank Lee Slack
Inventor country US
Applicant person Frank Lee Slack
Applicant firm
Applicant type INDIV
Applicant is inventor? Yes
Original title Appareil de visée pour áeroplanes
English title Sighting apparatus for airplanes
Tech fields military, bomb, telescope, optics, cybernetics, aiming, LTA, airplane
Filing date 1911/07/18
Full specification filed date
Application number
Grant date 1911/10/02
Granted? Yes
Publication date 1911/12/04
Supplementary to patent Patent US-1911-1028502‎
Related to aircraft? Yes
Serial number
Patent agent Rigot et Prévost
Assigned to
National tech categories FR 6.4
IPCs IPC F41G3/24
CPCs CPC F41G3/24
Family year 1911
First filing? No
Cites these patents
Citations from after 1930
Application ID
INPADOC family ID
Number of text pages 3
Number of diagram pages 1
Number of figures 7
Number of claims 5