Optics: measuring and testing – Fiducial instruments – Artificial reference
Patent
1975-11-04
1977-10-11
Corbin, John K.
Optics: measuring and testing
Fiducial instruments
Artificial reference
33286, 356149, G01C 914
Patent
active
040532399
ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed an apparatus for defining a vertical axis by means of a reely suspended optical system acting as a plumb line. In equilibrium, the optical system has a vertical optical axis about which real images can be detected at distances of the order of a thousand feet above or below the optical system. The apparatus is capable of considerable accuracy in generating a vertical axis for alignment purposes.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3471234 (1969-10-01), Studebaker
patent: 3911588 (1975-10-01), Ohneda
Corbin John K.
Koren Matthew W.
The Secretary of State for Industry in Her Britannic Majesty's
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