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Marking apparatus for receiving environmental information regarding underground facility marking operations, and associated methods and systems

  • US 8,731,830 B2
  • Filed: 06/09/2010
  • Issued: 05/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for marking a presence or absence of an underground facility, the apparatus comprising:

  • at least one actuator to control dispensing of a marking material for marking the presence or absence of the underground facility;

    a memory to store processor-executable instructions;

    at least one communication interface; and

    at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one actuator, the memory, and the at least one communication interface, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the processor;

    controls the at least one communication interface to receive environmental information regarding at least one environmental condition of an environment in which the apparatus is located; and

    stores at least some of the received environmental information in the memory,wherein, upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the processor controls the at least one communication interface to receive the environmental information periodically.

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