Patent · US Expired

Caddy for level vial

US4765061A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 17, 1987
Grant dateAug 23, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 17, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C9/28
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

For a level having a platform with an opening, a caddy supporting a level vial so that the vial can be replaced. The caddy includes a keeper body and a latch body which mutually support the vial and which are positioned respectively on opposite sides of the opening. Latch and keeper means hold the bodies in tight engagement with the platform and can be released to allow the bodies to be separated for vial replacement.

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