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EP0785407A2
EP0785407A2 EP97100317A EP97100317A EP0785407A2 EP 0785407 A2 EP0785407 A2 EP 0785407A2 EP 97100317 A EP97100317 A EP 97100317A EP 97100317 A EP97100317 A EP 97100317A EP 0785407 A2 EP0785407 A2 EP 0785407A2
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Peter-Paul Theissen
Gerhard Lechner
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TTS Theissen Training Systems GmbH
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41WEAPONS
    • F41JTARGETS; TARGET RANGES; BULLET CATCHERS
    • F41J7/00Movable targets which are stationary when fired at
    • F41J7/06Bobbing targets, i.e. targets intermittently or unexpectedly appearing

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  • the invention relates to a target arrangement according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a target assembly with a carrier frame which has a housing receptacle for a drive unit accommodated in a cuboid drive housing, with a shaft of the drive unit protruding from the drive housing on both sides .
  • a battery receiving housing is also arranged on the support frame, while the control unit for the drive unit is apparently housed in the drive housing.
  • the shaft either carries a target holder for a target that can be swiveled in one plane, or a link piece for a target holder on both sides, which can carry one or more targets as folding discs, but all of them can only be folded together.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to create a target arrangement according to the preamble of claim 1, which makes it possible to accommodate not only one, but also two independently operable, foldable and / or rotatable targets.
  • Such a target arrangement is suitable for folding up one or more targets together or independently of one another, for rotating one or more targets (possibly with a friend / enemy image on the front and back) together or independently of one another, for the combined folding and rotating of targets, for turning one or more targets, for attaching a roll bar arrangement, for quick conversion and for easy replacement of targets.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically and in perspective an embodiment of a target arrangement.
  • Fig. 2 shows schematically and in perspective a further embodiment of a target arrangement.
  • FIG 3 shows in perspective a section of a further possible embodiment of a target arrangement.
  • FIG. 7 shows in perspective a carrier frame for the target arrangement of FIGS. 5 and 6.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 shows in perspective a roll bar for the target arrangement of FIGS. 5 and 6.
  • the target arrangement shown in Fig. 1 comprises a support frame 1, which consists approximately rectangular of a circumferential tube 2 with a cross strut 3 and optionally a base plate 4.
  • the cross strut 3 is arranged at a distance of approximately 1/5 to 1/4 of the total distance between the two frame parts 1 ′, 1 ′′ parallel to this to one of these frame parts 1.
  • a U-shaped receiving profile 5 is provided on the cross strut 3 and on the other frame part 1 ′′, the receiving profile 5 fastened on the frame part 1 ′′ being open upwards and the receiving profile 5 fastened on the cross strut 3 toward the frame part 1 ′ .
  • the two mounting profiles 5 serve to hold a roll bar 6, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the roll bar 6 is designed in the form of a curved, self-contained tube section such that two spaced parallel bar parts 7 and two insertion sections 8 are formed for insertion into the receiving profiles 5.
  • One or more cross struts 9 can be provided.
  • the carrier frame 1 comprises a housing receptacle 10 for a control unit located in a cuboid housing 11 and also a housing receptacle 12 for drive units accommodated in a cube-shaped drive housing 13 (battery-operated electric motors which are controlled by the control unit).
  • the housing receptacles 10 and 12 each consist of L-shaped (or U or Z-shaped) strips 14 fastened on the base plate 4 (or corresponding struts).
  • the strips 14 for the housing 11 run perpendicular to the frame parts 1 ′, 1 ′′ and accommodate the housing 11 between them.
  • the housing 11 is provided on the two sides facing the strips 14 with quick-release fasteners 15, the hook-shaped tension members 16 of which engage the strips 14 and brace the housing 11 with them.
  • the parallel to the cross strut 3 strips 14 for drive housing 13 can be attached in three different positions such that two drive housing 13 on the right and left side by side (Fig. 1) or a single drive housing 13 right, center (Fig. 2) or left can be added.
  • the drive unit received by the drive housing 13 has a shaft 17 which projects out of the drive housing 13 on one side 18.
  • a (not visible) quick-release fastener 15 and on the other hand a cantilevered edge 20 located on two adjacent sides, which forms a right angle open to shaft 17.
  • the respective projecting edges 20 of the two drive housings 13 shown in FIG. 1 are pushed under the strips 14 adjacent to the housing 11 such that the shaft 17 of the drive housing on the left in FIG. 1 faces outwards and the shaft 17 of the drive housing on the right in FIG. 1 13 is directed upwards.
  • the quick fasteners 15 engage on the parallel bars 14 so that the drive housing 13 is firmly received by the frame.
  • the quick-release fasteners 15 are rotatably fastened to the drive housings 13 (centered on the end face 19) so that the latter can be fastened in the two possible positions rotated by 90 ° using only one quick-release fastener 15.
  • the drive housing 13 can also be arranged such that the shafts 17 are directed away from each other or both upwards.
  • an angled arm 21 is attached to the horizontal shaft 17 and an adapter piece 22 is attached to the vertical shaft 17.
  • a target holder 23 for each target 24 is fastened to the arm 21 and the adapter piece 22 by means of screws.
  • a target 24 With the left shaft 17, a target 24 can be raised from a horizontal, rearward or forward position into the vertical position shown, while with the right shaft 17 a target 24 from a neutral position, in which the shooter has the narrow side of the target 24 faces, can be rotated 90 ° to the right or left to present the front or back (possibly provided with a friend or fine picture).
  • the drive units are actuated via the control unit.
  • a horizontal web 25 can also be fastened on the adapter piece 22 with one end, which carries a target holder 23 and at least one target 24 at the free end.
  • the target 24 can, for example, 180 ° in the web plane in a door-like opening or the like. be turned.
  • the target holder 23 comprises a base plate 26, on which a fixed clamping piece 27 is fastened, which has a contact surface 27a, vertical to the upper side of the base plate 26, for a target 24.
  • Base plate 26 and clamping piece 27 can also be formed in one piece.
  • the base plate 26 has two recesses 28 which separate a right, a middle and a left fastening tab 29a, 29b, 29c, which are each provided with screw through holes arranged in the same way.
  • the foot plate 26 can therefore be fastened on the arm 21 or the adapter piece 22 via one of the fastening tabs 29a, 29b, 29c.
  • the target holder 23 further comprises a loose clamping piece 30, which is guided onto the foot plate 26 against the fixed clamping piece 27, through the fastening tabs 29a, 29b, 29c, can be pushed on by clamping a target plate 24 placed on the foot plate 26, and in the pushed-on position by a tension screw 31 (cf. Fig. 1, 2) is screwable.
  • the middle fastening tab 29b is designed to receive the tensioning screw 31 correspondingly stronger than the two adjacent fastening tabs 29a, 29c.
  • the target holder 23, i.e. the fixed clamping pieces 27 can be extended with each other by screws, so that, for example, as shown in Fig. 3, three units of target holder 23 can be arranged side by side, which are attached together to an arm 21 and can accommodate two targets 24 side by side, which together be moved by the arm 21.
  • the loose clamping piece 30 for the middle fixed clamping piece 27 can be omitted here.
  • five units of target holder 23 can also be connected to one another and attached to two arms 21 of two drive units, for a total of to hold three targets arranged side by side, which can be swiveled by 90 ° into an upright position by means of both drive units - as shown - from a neutral position folded over to the housing 11 or from a position pivoted by 180 ° to the position shown.
  • the support frame 1 has a tube 32 on both longitudinal sides, which in turn receives an elongated, possibly tubular support rod 33, which extends the respective tube 32 to one side or the other, to the target arrangement when pivoting the target 24 or when folded Push target 24 to give additional stability, as it can be useful, for example, on uneven terrain.
  • the strips 14 can also be part of a corresponding frame.
  • the support frame 1 used in the embodiments of FIGS. 5 to 8 is also designed in the form of a tubular structure, which here consists of a U-shaped tubular bracket 1a with a connecting strut 1b at the end of the tubular bracket 1a and the transverse strut 3 parallel thereto at a distance from the central leg of the Pipe bracket 1a exists.
  • the base 4 is arranged in the area between the connecting strut 1b and the cross strut 3 and consists, for example, of two base plates which are fastened to the tube bracket 1a on the top and bottom and, if appropriate, accommodate reinforcement profiles between them.
  • the roll bar 6 is also designed as a tubular construction and comprises two U-shaped bracket parts 34 which are connected to one another by cross struts 35.
  • the bracket parts 34 each have two downwardly open feet 36.
  • the roll bar 6 is a little more than twice the tube thickness of the tube of the support frame 1 narrower than the latter.
  • two pins 37 are attached at a distance from the feet 36 of the roll bar 6, so that the roll bar 6 is plugged with its feet 36 onto the pin 37 and inserted there by means of the respective foot 36 and the pin 37 received therefrom Locking pins (not shown) can be secured.
  • the two other feet 36 of the roll bar 6 are longer by the tube thickness of the struts 1b, 3 than those which receive the pins 37.
  • the width of the roll bar 6 is such that it fits between the parallel legs of the tube bracket 1 a.
  • An L-profile 38 is fastened to the cross strut 3 on the side facing away from the connecting strut 1b, the lower horizontal leg of which serves as a contact surface or stop surface for the feet 36 of the roll bar 6 there and its cross strut 35 located there.
  • the roll bar 6 is in clamping engagement with the L-profile 38.
  • the roll bar 6 By loosening the locking pins, the roll bar 6 can be easily removed from the support frame 1 and, rotated by 180 ° in the horizontal plane, can be plugged and secured onto the pin 37 again with the shorter feet 36, so that the contact surface of the target arrangement is increased accordingly, cf. . see also FIG. 6.
  • the longer feet 36 can also be plugged onto the pin 37, for example if corresponding unevenness in the terrain has to be compensated.
  • the bottom 4 has four holes 39 for receiving pins 40 fastened to the upper side of the roll bar 6, around several target plate arrangements (without target plates 24), each comprising a support frame 1, a roll bar 6, a control unit 11 and one or two drives 13, ie without arm (s) 21 and without target holder 23 and target (s) 24, for example being able to stack one above the other for transport, without the risk of slipping.
  • a C-profile can also be provided, which is open to the middle leg of the tubular bracket 1a and serves to accommodate the cross strut 35 of the roll bar 6 arranged between the ends of the longer feet 36.
  • the cross strut 3 can optionally also carry a pin 37 instead of the L-profile 38, so that all four feet 36 of the roll bar 6 receive a pin 37 if the roll bar 6 is used as such and not to extend the support frame 1 (see FIG. 5 ).
  • Fig. 6 shows a target arrangement, which differs from Fig. 5 carries two drives 13 for the independent pivoting of two targets 24.
  • the carrier frame 1 has rounded corners as a whole.
  • an upwardly open C-profile 41 is provided for the optionally clamping insertion of a cross strut 35 located between the ends of two feet 36 of the two bracket parts 34, the latter possibly being secured to the support frame 1 by means of locking pins.
  • an L-profile 38 or another C-profile or a pair of pins 37 can be provided on the carrier frame 1, for example on its cross strut 3, as in the exemplary embodiment from FIG. 5.
  • the roll bar 6 has two bracket parts 34 spaced apart by cross struts 35 and having two feet 36 and at least on the side of the support frame 1 facing away from the target plate 24 with this via a plug connection for the feet 36 and / or cross struts 35 which have counterparts on the support frame Form 1 detachable plug connections, detachably connected, the roll bar 6 after its release to extend the support frame 1, rotated by 180 ° in the horizontal plane or shifted by the length of the roll bar 6, and put back on this, which on the other hand significantly increases the footprint is enlarged. This allows the weight of the target arrangement to be reduced accordingly, since the stability is ensured by a large contact area.

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