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7726033 Multi-point measuring method and surveying device  
There are provided a telescope unit (5) having a first image pickup unit for acquiring a wide-angle image and a second image pickup unit for acquiring a telescopic image with higher magnification...
7411512 Tracking the geographic location of an animal  
Systems and techniques for tracking the geographic location. In one aspect, a method includes receiving timed magnetic field information descriptive of a magnetic field to which a magnetometer was...
6739063 Combination compass  
A combination compass. The compass includes a housing, a compass device mounted inside the housing, a top cover pivoted to one end of the housing and capable of covering over the compass device....
6718644 System for aligning a hub/mast with a soffit penetration point and method of using same  
A system for aligning a hub/mast with a soffit penetration point uses an insert that is similar in shape to a terminal adapter that is threadably received within a hub of a meter base. An opening...
6625895 Servo-controlled automatic level and plumb tool  
A method and apparatus for leveling at least one output light beam in a construction tool. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a laser optical assembly for producing output light beams that...
6473980 Infrared laser transmitter alignment verifier and targeting system  
A relatively inexpensive system is provided for detecting and visually indicating the relative location of the impact on a target of an invisible infrared laser beam emitted from a small arms...
5966826 Dual usage level marking instrument  
A dual usage level marking instrument is provided that includes a leveling rod. This rod has a dotted-type laser device fixed at one end and a straight-type laser device fixed at the other end....
5842282 Laser angle adjustment device for laser measuring instruments  
A laser angle adjustment device for laser measuring instruments including a rectangular casing, a fixed bubble level and an adjustable bubble level mounted on the casing at right angles, a barrel...
5784792 Hand-held laser level grade checking device  
A tool for use in checking the level or grade of the ground surface in a construction area or site using a daylight visible wavelength semiconductor laser diode module to project a laser beam from...
5666736 Self-adjusting level for determining leveling between two distant points  
A self-adjusting level for determining the leveling between two distant points is disclosed. It mainly contains a main body and a light beam indicator. The main body contains a flame having two...
5604987 Laser level, accessories and method of use  
A support for a laser beam generator in a carpenter's level is positioned on the level so that the laser beam generated will lie in the plane of a flat reference surface of the level. A battery or...
5487222 Combination level  
A combination level has a rectangular housing and liquid-filled vials each having an entrained gas bubble to indicate horizontal level and vertical plumb at a local location. A scope element is...
5465492 Alignment device for a hand tool  
The device has a fixed rod 15 aligned with the working axis of the tool, e.g. a pistol drill. The rod 15 is in spring biassed, telescopic sliding engagement with a tube 16 fixed to an indicator...
5461796 Gunsight device for rotating-wing aircraft  
A gunsight device for a rotating-wing aircraft having a hollow rotor hub (1), on which there are radially mounted blades constituting said rotating wing, and which is connected to the main...
5410815 Automatic player identification small arms laser alignment system  
A fixture automatically aligns a laser transmitter bolted to a rifle. A case is horizontally oriented and a hinged end cover is swung upwardly to reveal a control unit. The barrel of the rifle is...
5394616 Laser positioning device  
A laser positioning device is provided in which a level is associated with a demountable mounting set-up and a plate member. The plate member projects laterally from the level and is scribed with a...
5124844 Method and apparatus for locating celestial objects  
A method and an apparatus for locating in the sky celestial objects, using a telescope, wherein two guide stars and the celestial object are represented, according to their respective locations, on...
5035060 Method of mapping underground mines  
A method wherein a light emitting device, such as a laser, is used to precisely measure strike measurements of planar geologic features; for example, bedding planes, fractures, or fold axes. A...
4594788 Light-tight combination micrographic map-reader protractor compass  
A movable film cartridge with at least one view superimposed by a protractor image on transparent film is further provided with a compass viewed through a prism at an edge of the field of view of...
4517749 Stable plumb beam optical projector  
A viscous dampened sensitive pendulum carries a generally upwardly directed light source for indicating the gravity vertical. The sensitive pendulum is carried for two degrees of pivotal freedom by...
4480390 Apparatus and method for aligning an object with respect to top-dead center of a wheel  
The invention provides an optical alignment method and apparatus for aligning a selected object with respect to an top-dead-center portion of a substantially circular wheel. A base mounted on the...
4459758 Topographical surveying instrument  
The present invention relates to a topographical surveying instrument, comprising: a horizontal table bearing a shaft perpendicular to the plane of the table, a device adapted to rotate on the...
4395828 Combination geodetic transit compass and signal mirror  
A geodetic compass having a mirrored cover that has the dual purpose of providing means for reading the compass needle orientation for geodetic purposes, while at the same time having cross hatch...
4347739 Measuring equipment for the determination of terrestrial refraction  
A measuring arrangement is described for determining the terrestrial refraction in geodetic measurements, (such as trigonometric height transfers when staking out and for precision tachymetry,...
4343090 Suspension device for angle indicator  
A suspension device for an angle indicator intended to indicate the angle of an object to the vertical line and comprising two angle-indicating devices designed each to indicate a predetermined...
4305209 Adaptor  
An adaptor for mounting one instrument, such as an electronic distance measuring device, atop another instrument, such as a telescope or theodolite, for movement together about a horizontal axis...
4236324 Aircraft glide path teaching aid  
A gimballed sight tube is mechanically positioned in alignment with a pilot's forward line of sight and it is set at a predetermined glide path angle. During a landing approach, the runway will be...
4232449 Bore sighting apparatus  
The bore sighting apparatus or alignment device is comprised of a two-part ring hinged together and provided with a clamp for securing the ring on the muzzle of a howitzer. A pair of hinged witness...
4219939 Method and device for surveying the basal area of a forest stand  
The present invention relates to a method and device for carrying out a survey of the basal area of a forest stand and the distribution of the individual trees with respect to diameter classes.The...
4112584 Telescope level adjusting means  
Fine adjustment of a surveying instrument telescope reference spirit level is effected by rotating the bubble vial of the level about an axis which is slightly angularly displaced from the...
4060908 Sighting device for relocation of site  
A folding sighting device to define and then to relocate the point where the user is placed, said device allowing the user to simultaneously identify linearly opposite reference points to establish...
3940858 Method of measuring antenna reflector surface accuracy  
The antenna reflector whose surface is to be measured is mounted on a moderately level surface. A relatively thin full diameter template is located sequentially at n different locations in the...
3922921 Method and apparatus for measuring sewer sedimentation infiltration and flow  
An elongated upstanding probe for lowering down into a sewer manhole is provided and at least the upper end of the probe is graduated. A lower end portion of the probe includes an adjustable clamp...
3908991 Putting aid  
A putting aid includes a base bar and an upright bar pivotally connected to the center of the base bar to be foldable into alignment with the base bar for storage in a golf bag and to be held in a...
3874087 SURVEYING INSTRUMENT  
A surveying instrument combining a theodolite or transit and an electro-optical telemeter in which the transmitter and receiver of the telemeter are arranged in gravity-symmetrical relationship...
3871104 Alignment sighting device  
An alignment sighting device comprising a pair of hollow lenses in an eyeglass frame, each having intersecting horizontal and vertical cross-hairs and colored liquid filling the hollow interior of...
3823313 LASER FANNING DEVICE  
A laser generator is mounted on a conventional transit for rotation about a vertical axis. A crank is interconnected at one end to the support structure of the transit and at its other end to the...
3650034 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL ALIGNMENT  
A method and apparatus for establishing a line of measurement normal to an optical line of sight, the apparatus including a linear scale and a viewing box adjustably connected to the scale. The...
3596359 MERIDIAN DETECTOR  
A device for determining the position of a meridian which includes a gyrope mounted on a horizontal axis and which is supported so that it tends to point north. The gyroscope is suspended on a...
3590704 METHOD FOR MEASURING A POSITION OF A SHIP AT SEA  
A method for measuring a position of a ship at sea by taking picture of observed markings with a wide angle camera provided with a pivoting lens mounted in a bodytube formed with a slit at its...
3498673 MACHINE GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD  
3475821 SUB-TARGET AIMING DEVICE  
3458940 LEVEL-ESTABLISHING DEVICE  
3417474 Gyrocompass  
3279070 Automatic grade light  
3199198 Level sighting device  
3188739 Multi-directional optical target  
3127682 Nadir point determining instrument  
3083464 Surveyor's transit theodolite chaining attachment  
3080659 Container gauging apparatus  
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