Three-dimensional laser levelling and angle-calibrating instrument with multiple functions

• US 5,983,510 A
• Filed: 08/26/1997
• Issued: 11/16/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lin, Chih-Hsiung, Wu, Chyi-Yiing
• Original Assignee: Lin, Chih-Hsiung, Wu, Chyi-Yiing
• Inventors: Lin, Chih-Hsiung, Wu, Chyi-Yiing
• Primary Examiner(s): Fulton, Christopher W.
• Application Number:
  US08/917,593
• Time in Patent Office: 812 Days
• Field of Search: 33/227, 33/281, 33/282, 33/283, 33/285, 33/286, 33/290, 33/291, 33/370, 33/371, 33/DIG. 21, 33/DIG. 1
• US Class Current: 33/227
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 15/004 Reference lines, planes or sectors
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 15/105 Optical plumbing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 33/01 Magnetic
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 33/21 with laser

Abstract

A three-dimensional laser levelling and angle-calibrating instrument includes: a stand; a magnetically-attractive laser level having a horizontal bottom attractable on the stand, a vertical wall perpendicular to the horizontal bottom and a first laser illuminator mounted on the laser level for projecting a horizontal laser ray for levelling purpose; and a magnetically-attractive laser angle calibrator having a second laser illuminator and attracted on the vertical wall of the laser level for projecting a vertical laser light line for checking a verticality.

Claims

1. A laser levelling and angle-calibrating instrument comprising:

a stand (1);

a magnetically attractive laser level (2) including;

a level body (21) having a horizontal bottom (22) and a magnet (221) fixed in a V-shaped groove formed in the horizontal bottom (22), a vertical wall (23) formed on a side wall of the body (21) and being perpendicular to the horizontal bottom (22) and having a magnet (231) fixed in the vertical wall (23) for attracting magnetically attractive laser angle calibrator (3) on the vertical wall (23), a lower bubble levelling means (24) mounted in a lower portion of the body (21) for indicating a horizon of the laser level (2), an adjustable bubble levelling means (25) mounted in a hollow tube portion (20) formed on an upper portion of the body (21) for obtaining a reference datum horizonal plane of the horizontal bottom (22) and for obtaining a relative vertical plane of the vertical wall (23) with respect to the horizontal bottom (22), and a first laser illuminator (28) mounted on the body (21) for emitting a horizontal laser ray (H) when said laser level (2) is laid on a horizontal surface; and

the magnetically attractive laser angle calibrator (3) including;

a magnetic disk (31) having a magnet (311) fixed in the disk (31) to be magnetically attracted to the vertical wall (23) of the laser level (2) and having a flat disk bottom (310) coplanar to the vertical wall (23) and perpendicular to the horizontal bottom (22) of the laser level (2), a longitudinal axis (H'"'"') defined at a longitudinal center of the disk (31) and perpendicular to the vertical wall (23) of the laser level (2), a second laser illuminator (32) secured on the disk (31) having a cylindrical-surfaced lens (33) formed on a first end of the second laser illuminator (32) for projecting a laser light line (V) protectively perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (H'"'"') of the disk (31), whereby upon an attraction of the disk (31) of the laser anale calibrator (3) on the vertical wall (23) of the laser level (2), the laser light line (V) as projected from the second laser illuminator (32) is rotatable to form a vertical plane (Pv) to be protectively perpendicular to the horizontal laser ray (H) as emitted from the first laser illuminator (28) of the laser level (2).

2. A laser levelling and angle-calibrating instrument according to claim 1, wherein said adjusting bubble levelling means (25) includes:

a bubble tube (250) generally horizontally held in the hollow tube portion (20) in the body (21) of the laser level (2);

an adjusting screw (26) engageable in the hollow tube portion (20) and having a conical recess (261) recessed in an inner end portion of the adjusting screw (26);

a follower sleeve (27) resiliently held in the hollow tube portion (20) and having a thrusting stem (271) eccentrically formed on an outer end portion of the follower sleeve (27) to contact the conical recess (261) in the adjusting screw (26) and having a conical recess (272) recessed in an inner end of the follower sleeve (27) for engaging a conical head portion (252) formed on an outer free end of the bubble tube (250) having an inner tube end of the bubble tube (250) held in an innermost end portion in the hollow tube portion (20), whereby upon a rotation of the adjusting screw (26) to allow the conical recess (261) of the adjusting screw (26) to thrust the thrusting stem (271) of the follower sleeve (27) upwardly and downwardly in the hollow tube portion (20) for biasing the free end of the bubble tube (250) for adjusting a bubble positioning in the bubble tube (250) for calibrating a levelling of the adjusting bubble levelling means (25) in order for obtaining a datum horizontal plane.