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US 8,418,374 B2Granted
Apparatus for aligning and leveling a server rack rail
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsWen Chen, ZhenDe Fu, Daniel Paul Kelaher, Lei Li, Yu Yu
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Abstract
An apparatus for aligning a rail in a computer server rack has a laser transmitter for generating a laser dot. The apparatus has a prism for converting the laser dot into a laser line. The apparatus has a laser lens for projecting the laser line. The apparatus has an elongated bar for positioning the apparatus on a rack post, such that the laser line is projected perpendicular to the rack post.
Claims8
An apparatus comprising:
- a laser transmitter;
- a laser lens aligned with the laser transmitter such that, when the laser transmitter projects light through the laser lens onto a surface, a straight line is formed on the surface by the projected light;
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- a positioning bar for positioning the apparatus on a post such that, when connected to a post, a straight line formed by projected light is perpendicular to the post.
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