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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1985
Bentley N Scott, Richardson, TX (US);
Vernon R Porter, Plano, TX (US);
Samuel R Shortes, Lewisville, TX (US);
Technology Network International, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Abstract
Marksmanship training apparatus which provides for simulated firing of projectile-type weapons is disclosed and comprises a substitute cartridge and a receiver/detector target device. The substitute cartridge is self contained and includes a power source, an energy emitting device which emits a pulse or pulses or energy with predetermined characteristics, a lens device to concentrate the emitted energy, an energy activation device and a transfer device to transfer the energy from the firing mechanism of the weapon to the energy activation device to activate same. The receiver/detector target device includes devices to detect the presence of the pulse or pulses of energy while ignoring the ambient light level surrounding the target device. The target device initiates a time cycle and provides a display of the elapsed time from initiation to the receipt of a hit from the pulse or pulses of energy emitted from the substitute cartridge in the weapon. An audio indication is also provided when a hit occurs.