Articulated leveling foot for machines or devices

An articulated adjusting foot comprising:

• a base plate that has:
• a floor surface;
• and
• a receiving space on a side of the plate remote of the floor surface, the receiving space having a geometry of a partial ball;
• a threaded rod that has at one end a partial ball that can be inserted into the receiving space;
• wherein the partial ball of the threaded rod is configured to fit in the receiving space;
• wherein the threaded rod is a screw bolt with a hexagon bolt head;
• wherein the partial ball of the threaded rod is formed of two parts that are configured to enclose the hexagon bolt head in a torsionally rigid manner, with at least one of the two parts being configured to be inserted one into the other of the two parts;
• and
• wherein a geometry of the partial ball of the threaded rod in an axial direction of the threaded rod exceeds the geometry of the receiving space in the axial direction of the threaded rod when the partial ball of the threaded rod is fitted into the receiving space.