Changeable surveyors rod
OwnerErnest H. Harderinventor
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Abstract
A surveyor's rod includes the use of a removable measurement scale having different measurement breakdowns on its opposite sides, such as feet and quarter inches on one side and feet and tenths of inches on the other. A removable bracket permits a quick and efficient reversal of the scale depending upon the measurement delineation desired by a user.
Claims8
A surveyor's measurement rod including upright pole support means, measurement scale means selectively attachable to said pole support means and including first and second calibrated measurement faces lying on opposite surfaces of said measurement scale means whereby one of said first and second faces will be in a hidden opposing relationship with a surface of said pole support means when the other of said first and second faces is visible to a user during a use of said surveyor's measurement rod, clamp means utilized to attach said measurement scale means to said pole support means, said clamp means being fixedly securable to said measurement scale means and reversible relative thereto so as to permit a reversing of said first and second faces as desired by a user, said clamp means being attachable to an edge portion of said measurement scale means so as not to interfere with a user's observation a particular calibrated measurement face being utilized, said clamp means being of an L-shaped configuration having first and second extending leg members, said first leg member being attachable to said edge portion of said measurement scale means and said second leg member extending along a back surface of said pole support means to facilitate an attachment of said measurement scale means to said pole support means.
A surveyor's measurement rod including an upright having opposite side faces and opposite side edges, an elongated measurement scale member including opposite side faces and opposite side edges, said measurement scale member opposite side faces defining a first and second calibrated surfaces, L-shaped clamp means including first and second flanges disposed at substantially right angles relative to each other, one of said flanges including clamp screw means threadedly supported therefrom and disposed substantially normal thereto, said one flange overlying one face of said upright in spaced relation relative thereto with said clamp screw means engaging said upright one face, the other flange of said clamp means overlying one edge of said upright and projecting outwardly beyond the other face of said upright, said measurement scale member overlying said other upright face with one of said calibrated faces opposing said other upright face and one edge of said scale member opposing and abutted against said second flange of said clamp means, and attaching means reversably attaching said one edge of said measurement scale member to said second flange of said clamp means for reversable positioning of said measurement scale member relative to said upright other upright face and said clamp means second flange, whereby either of said calibrated faces will face outwardly of said second upright face and the other calibrated face will oppose said other upright face and thus be hidden from view.
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