Equipment leveler
AssigneeEcoMicron, Inc.
InventorsJae Hwan Hong, Jung Hoon Sun, Chang Won Kim
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Abstract
A leveling device and an apparatus that utilizes the leveling device are described. The leveling device includes a main body, a rod rotatably coupled with the main body, an elevator block rotatably coupled with the rod and slidably coupled with a base block of the main body, and an elevator pin slidably coupled with the base block of the main body and slidably coupled with a sloped surface of the elevator block. A rotation of the rod causes a linear movement of the elevator block, which, in turn, causes a movement of the elevator pin in a direction that is perpendicular to the movement of the elevator block.
Claims18
A leveling device, comprising:
- a main body that has a base block, a connecting arm, and a top plate, wherein:
- the base block and the top plate are connected to the connecting arm so that the connecting arm is located between the base block and the top plate, wherein the connecting arm has a particular width and a particular position such that the connecting arm, the base block, and the top plate collectively define a recess in the main body;
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- the base block defines two holes, wherein:
- a first hole of the two holes is defined on a side of the base block that faces the top plate;
- a second hole of the two holes is connected to the first hole, and the second hole is substantially perpendicular to the first hole;
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- the second hole has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the second hole having a circular cross section and the second portion of the second hole having a cross section that is not circular;
- a rod rotatably coupled with the main body, wherein:
- the rod is at least partially positioned in the first portion of the second hole of the base block and the second portion of the second hole of the base block;
- a first portion of the rod, positioned toward the second hole, has a first thread;
- a second portion of the rod is not threaded;
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- the rod is coupled with a knob that is positioned at least partially outside the main body;
- an elevator block rotatably coupled with the rod and slidably coupled with the base block, wherein:
- the elevator block is at least partially positioned in the second portion of the second hole of the base block;
- the elevator block has a bottom surface that is substantially parallel to an axis defined by the rod;
- the elevator block has a top surface that is opposite to the bottom surface and that is not parallel to the bottom surface;
- the elevator block defines a hole that has the first thread;
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- at least a part of the first portion of the rod, having the first thread, is positioned in the hole of the elevator block;
- an elevator pin slidably coupled with the base block and slidably coupled with the elevator block, wherein:
- the elevator pin is at least partially positioned in the first hole of the base block so that the elevator pin is configured to slide along the first hole of the base block;
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- the elevator pin has a first end and a second end that is opposite to the first end and that is not parallel to the first end.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an apparatus body having three mounting points under the apparatus body, wherein the three mounting points define a shape of a triangle on a particular plane;
- a tiltable component at least partially located within the apparatus body and at least partially extends outside the apparatus body under the apparatus body;
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- three supports positioned at the three mounting points of the apparatus body and coupled with the tiltable component, wherein the three supports include at least two of a leveling device that each comprises:
- a main body that has a base block, a connecting arm, and a top plate, wherein:
- the base block and the top plate are connected to the connecting arm so that the connecting arm is located between the base block and the top plate, wherein the connecting arm has a particular width and a particular position such that the connecting arm, the base block, and the top plate collectively define a recess in the main body;
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- the base block defines two holes, wherein:
- a first hole of the two holes is defined on a side of the base block that faces the top plate;
- a second hole of the two holes is connected to the first hole, and the second hole is substantially perpendicular to the first hole;
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- the second hole has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the second hole having a circular cross section and the second portion of the second hole having a cross section that is not circular;
- a rod rotatably coupled with the main body, wherein:
- the rod is at least partially positioned in the first portion of the second hole of the base block and the second portion of the second hole of the base block;
- a first portion of the rod, positioned toward the second hole, has a first thread;
- a second portion of the rod is not threaded;
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- the rod is coupled with a knob that is positioned at least partially outside the main body;
- an elevator block rotatably coupled with the rod and slidably coupled with the base block, wherein:
- the elevator block is at least partially positioned in the second portion of the second hole of the base block;
- the elevator block has a bottom surface that is substantially parallel to an axis defined by the rod;
- the elevator block has a top surface that is opposite to the bottom surface and that is not parallel to the bottom surface;
- the elevator block defines a hole that has the first thread;
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- at least a part of the first portion of the rod, having the first thread, is positioned in the hole of the elevator block;
- an elevator pin slidably coupled with the base block and slidably coupled with the elevator block, wherein:
- the elevator pin is at least partially positioned in the first hole of the base block so that the elevator pin is configured to slide along the first hole of the base block;
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- the elevator pin has a first end and a second end that is opposite to the first end and that is not parallel to the first end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.