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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356936 | Apparatus and method for measuring coating accumulations in a spray booth A method and apparatus are provided for viewing an object (such as a coating overspray accumulation) disposed in a difficult to view area (such as the underside of a lower trough or weir of a cleaning apparatus) and for measuring a distance between first and second ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7210237 | Measuring tool device A measuring tool device comprises a horizontal module including a depressed surface, an upper semicircular hollow, and a lower semicircular body; an upper cover module including a calibrated line at its periphery; and an accessory module in a semicircular protruded ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 4637143 | Plotting device A course plotting device comprises substantially parallel first and second legs, substantially parallel third and fourth legs which are pivotally connected to the first and second legs so that they cooperate therewith to define a collapsible parallelogram... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4459758 | Topographical surveying instrument The present invention relates to a topographical surveying instrument, comprising: a horizontal table bearing a shaft perpendicular to the plane of the table, a device adapted to rotate on the shaft and comprising: a generator of a light beam perpendicular to the a... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4349965 | Four wheel alignment method and apparatus for automotive vehicles Four alignment housings are mounted on a garage floor adjacent a conventional lift, so that when a vehicle has been elevated by the lift each of its four independently suspended four wheels will register with an alignment chart that is adjustably mounted ... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4327497 | Marine computer A graphic vector plotting instrument, particularly suited for marine navigational computations. A cursor disk is surrounded by a concentric compass disk, and both are rotatable about their common center. The cursor disk has a pair of perpendicular cursor ... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4274203 | Level device A measuring apparatus in which two casings are connected together each housing a coiled measuring means adapted for being selectively un-coiled and withdrawn from the casing or recoiled and retracted into the casing. A sighting device is provided on one o... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4241511 | Method and apparatus for determining and recording boat compass deviation A method and apparatus for determining and recording boat compass deviation which includes a novel apparatus which may be oriented with respect to either a line of sight bearing or a compass reading and includes means for recording at predetermined annula... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4236313 | Apparatus for and method of evaluating solar exposure A technique is disclosed herein for evaluating solar exposure at various points in any one of a number of given geographic locations for any given period during the year in order to determine the most efficient location for a solar collector. This techniq... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4232450 | Football yardline locating device An object such as a football lying on a playing field is optically sighted through a measuring plane from a remote location. An adjustable framing assembly outlines the field as viewed in the measuring plane and mounts scale means to enable rapid measurem... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4231162 | Range finder An apparatus for determining the distance on the earth between (a) a point below an observation point at a known height, and (b) the base of an object of a known height. The apparatus includes a stadimeter having two pivots spaced from one another and two... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4081912 | Magnetic bearing plotting and sighting device A device for taking and plotting magnetic bearings which includes an elongated straight edge device having numerical graduated indicia along one edge thereof, and a housing receiving said straight edge. A magnetic compass is mounted on the straight edge, ... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4057906 | Navigational instruments A portable navigational instrument has edge portions which are adjusted so that the instrument's orientation with respect to a vessel can be maintained constant in different positions within the vessel's wheelhouse. Bearings of objects are determined by a... | 11/15/1977 |
| 3988838 | Artists device A device for enabling an artist to achieve correct proportions when drawing to a different scale than that of the object being reproduced. The device employs a flat transparent elongated plate having two parallel sides of unequal length, one straight and ... | 11/02/1976 |
