Center line marking apparatus

A center line marking apparatus comprising:

• a clamping assembly for clamping to a beam, said clamping assembly including a second elongate support member, and also including a handle member being movably mounted to said elongate support member, and further including a first jaw member being securely attached to said handle member, and also including a second jaw member being securely attached to said second elongate support member, each of said first and second jaw members having a jaw portion which is adapted to clamp and engage about a beam, said handle member including a trigger pivotally and biasedly attached to said handle member, a slide member movably mounted about said second elongate support member for moving said handle member relative to said second elongate support member, and a spring member being mounted about said second elongate support member for biasing said slide member and said trigger which is in contactable relationship with said slide member, said second elongate support member extending through said handle member, said second jaw member including an arm member having a first portion and a second portion being angled relative to said first portion, said second portion being disposed generally parallel to said second elongate support member and having a cutaway end portion, said clamping assembly including first bubble-tube levels disposed in a wall of said arm member, one of which is disposed upon said first portion and the other of which is disposed upon said second portion for leveling said clamping assembly;
• a first elongate support member being pivotally mounted to said clamping assembly, said clamping assembly including adjustable mounting members for mounting said first elongate support member to said cutaway end portion of said second portion of said arm member, said adjustable mounting members including washer members, a first disc-like support member having a groove disposed in one side thereof, a second disc-like support member being essentially mirrored to said first disc-like support member and having a groove dispose in one side thereof, and an adjustment knob being extended through said first and second disc-like support members and being threaded into said cutaway end portion of said second portion of said arm member for fastening said first and second disc-like support members together, said grooves of said first and second disc-like support members being adapted to receive and retain a portion of said first elongate support member, said first elongate support member including an end portion which is supported in said grooves of said first and second disc-like support members, said first elongate support member being rotatable about its longitudinal axis;
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• a laser marking assembly rotatably mounted to said elongate support member, said laser marking assembly including a housing having front, side and end walls and also having holes through said end walls, and also including a laser light-emitting member securely attached to a back wall of said housing and being adapted to emit a beam of light perpendicular to said side walls of said housing, and further including a display screen disposed in said front wall of said housing for displaying direction of said beam of light, and also including a directional setting member being rotatably disposed upon said front wall of said housing for setting the pitch of said beam of light, and further including at least one battery being disposed in said housing, and also including a switch member movably disposed upon said housing and being connected to said laser light-emitting member and to said at least one battery for energizing said light-emitting member, and further including a reset switch disposed in and upon one of said wails of said housing and being connected to said display screen for resetting a display upon said display screen, and also including a second bubble-tube level securely disposed in and upon said front wall of said housing, said first elongate support member being rotatably extended through said housing and through said holes in said housing, said first elongate support member having a plurality of markings disposed thereupon for setting said laser light-emitting member relative to said clamping assembly.

A center line marking apparatus comprising:

• a clamping assembly for clamping to a beam;
• a first support member being pivotally mounted to said clamping assembly;
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• a laser marking assembly rotatably mounted to said elongate support member;
• wherein said clamping assembly includes:
• a second support member;
• a handle member being movably mounted to said second support member;
• a first jaw member attached to said handle member;
• and
• a second jaw member attached to said second support member;
• wherein each of said first and second jaw members has a jaw portion for clamping a beam.