Level construction and methods of constructing a level
US4463501A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 1982 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C9/34
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A level instrument for determining angular relationships includes a frame having a rail section defining a working surface, a vial, and an end plate affixed to the frame. The end plate has a plastic body with integral lip, shoulder and stake or pawl elements. The frame includes passages which receive the stake or pawl elements to permanently interconnect the end plate and frame. Indexing elements automatically orient a shoulder and an edge of the end plate adjacent to the rail section defining the working surface to prevent false level readings occasioned by displacement. A method for constructing the level of the invention which includes affixing the end plate to the frame, displacing a portion of the lip overlaying the frame passage into the passage, to permanently anchor the end plate to the frame. A second method for constructing the level of the invention wherein the end plate is urged axially onto the frame end until flexible pawls extending from the end plate engage recesses in the frame passages permanently anchoring the end plate to the frame.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.