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US 5,402,226 AGranted
Survey apparatus
OwnerJeffrey M. Matthews, Adam C. Matthews +1inventors
InventorsJeffrey M. Matthews, Adam C. Matthews, Gary L. Benjamin
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Abstract
The apparatus of the invention is arranged to include facing table members, each having first and second pivotally mounted table plates relative to each table member to accommodate orientation of the tables with leveling and compass structure mounted to each table to enhance alignment. A sighting structure is arranged to include a light emitting housing to provide for alignment between the tables, as well as a range finder structure arranged to indicate spacing between the tables.
Claims4
A survey apparatus, comprising,
- a first table assembly in a spaced relationship relative to a second table assembly, the first table assembly having a first table first plate and a first table second plate,
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- a first axle pivotally mounting the first table first plate to the first table second plate,
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- the second table assembly including a second table first plate and a second table second plate, with a second axle pivotally mounting the second table first plate to the second table second plate,
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- the first table first plate including at least one first leg,
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- the first table second plate including at least one second leg,
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- the first table assembly including a first axle leg arranged in spaced adjacency to the first axle,
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- the second table first plate having at least one third leg, the second table second plate having at least one fourth leg,
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- a second axle leg mounted in spaced parallel adjacency to the second axle, with a sighting scope mounted upon the first table first plate, a first sight tube mounted upon the first table first plate spaced from the sighting scope, the second table first plate having a second sight tube, and the second table first plate including a third sight tube, with the second sight tube and the third sight tube coaxially aligned relative to one another, with the sighting scope, the first sight tube, the second sight tube, and the third sight tube arranged for coaxial alignment with the sighting scope arranged for pivotal mounting relative to the first table first plate.
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