Patent GB-1915-14060

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  • From google patents: "Sights and methods of sighting.-Relates to sighting-apparatus for use in dropping bombs from aircraft, and comprises an arrangement in which a sight-bar is moved by means of a clockwork-driven screw-and-nut device in order to maintain the line of sight on the target until contact is effected with a member, the position of which is adjusted according to the height of the aircraft, such contact serving automatically to effect the release of the bomb, or to indicate the moment when the bomb should be released. . . .The apparatus may be adjustable in azimuth and mounted on gimbals, as described in Specifications 23,502/14 and 3009/15, or, as shown, is attached to the " trombone " mounting T of an aircraft."
  • Inventor location: 29 Broadway, Westminster, County of London; Civil engineer

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Year filed 1915
Year granted 1919
Office GB
Patent number 14060
Inventors Henry Bridges Molesworth
Inventor country GB
Applicant person Henry Bridges Molesworth
Applicant firm
Applicant type INDIV
Applicant is inventor? 1
Original title Improved Means for Directing the Dropping of Bombs or Projectiles from Aeroplanes or Airships
English title Improved Means for Directing the Dropping of Bombs or Projectiles from Aeroplanes or Airships
Tech fields
Filing date 1915-10-04
Full specification filed date 1916-04-01
Application number
Grant date 1919-03-20
Granted? 1
Publication date
Supplementary to patent
Related to aircraft? 1
Serial number
Patent agent Harris & Mills
Assigned to
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IPCs
CPCs
Family year 1915
First filing? 1
Cites these patents Patent GB-1914-23502, Patent GB-1915-3009
Citations from after 1930 1
Application ID
INPADOC family ID
Number of text pages 4
Number of diagram pages 2
Number of figures 5
Number of claims 5