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Methods and apparatus for dispensing marking material in connection with underground facility marking operations based on environmental information and/or operational information

  • US 8,478,524 B2
  • Filed: 06/09/2010
  • Issued: 07/02/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A marking apparatus for performing a marking operation to indicate a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility, the apparatus comprising:

  • an actuator to dispense a marking material to mark the presence or the absence of the at least one underground facility;

    at least one input device to provide marking information regarding the marking operation, the marking information including at least one of;

    environmental information representative of at least one environmental condition of an environment in which the marking operation is performed; and

    operating information representative of at least one operating condition of the marking apparatus;

    a memory to store processor-executable instructions;

    a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the actuator, and the at least one input device, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the processor controls a dispensing of the marking material based at least in part on the marking information provided by the at least one input device.

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