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Surveying pole

  • US 10,119,818 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2016
  • Issued: 11/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surveying pole comprising:

  • at least two pole sections being telescopically insertable into each other so that a height adjustment of the pole is provided,a pointing tip at a lower end of the pole for setting the pole on a terrain point,a receptacle at an upper end of the pole for mounting a position giving means,a height measuring system for indicating the distance of the position giving means relative to the terrain point,wherein;

    the height measuring system comprises an electronic distance measuring unit, in the following called EDM unit, and a target, the EDM unit and the target being placed inside of the pole in such a way that the EDM unit being adapted to emit a light beam towards the target and to detect the light backscattered by the target, the light beam following a path inside of the pole,the EDM unit and the target further being mounted to the at least two pole sections so that a correlation between the height adjustment of the pole and the separation of the EDM unit and the target is provided, andan evaluation unit for deriving the height of the position giving means based on the detected light of the EDM unit.

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