Geometrical instruments – Straight-line light ray type – Vertical and horizontal angle measurer
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-28
2002-08-13
Fulton, Christopher W. (Department: 2859)
Geometrical instruments
Straight-line light ray type
Vertical and horizontal angle measurer
C033S286000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06430823
ABSTRACT:
TECHICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a datum plane setting device used for surveys and, more specifically, a datum plane setting device in which, by laser light emitted in the orthogonal direction with respect to rotary bodies, a plurality of rotating irradiated planes can be simultaneously formed.
BACKGROUND ART
Conventionally, a datum plane setting device is known as a device used when setting a flat horizontal datum plane on a side wall and pillars of architectural structures and setting a vertical datum plane on a floor, ceiling, and side wall of architectural structures.
As a typical datum plane setting device also known as a laser planer, a first prior art is disclosed in Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. Hei-6-313713.
In a datum plane setting device
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of this type as shown in
FIG. 10
, a laser emitting portion
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is arranged at the lowest portion of a bearing sleeve
32
which is disposed from top to bottom inside a casing.
And a composition is employed wherein, a laser light p emitted from the laser emitting portion
31
proceeds upward through a light guiding path
34
which is formed to penetrate the inside of a rotary body
33
in the vertical direction, reflects on a reflection prism (not illustrated) arranged inside a rotary head
35
at a right angle, and is emitted from a light irradiating port
36
to the outside.
Therefore, in order to accurately emit the laser light in the orthogonal direction with respect to the rotary body
33
, it is necessary to set the relative positional relationship with high accuracy while there were problems in that if the device falls or drops at a construction site, the position of the reflection prism shifts and errors are often generated.
Also, because a composition is employed wherein, leveling adjustment is carried out by tilting the bearing sleeve
32
itself, parts with respect to the tilting mechanism of the bearing sleeve
32
(such as a sleeve supporting spring
38
and ball joint
39
) are great in number and the composition is complicated.
Accordingly, there were not only problems in that errors often occurred and malfunctions were frequent but also drawbacks in that the relative relationship between operational (rotary) direction of a leveling adjustment screw
37
and tilting direction of the rotary body
33
(or rotating irradiated plane) was difficult to understand and there was a drawback in operability, as well.
Therefore, in order to solve the aforementioned technical problems, the present applicant made a proposal of a datum plane setting device
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in the Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. Hei-11-23274, in that a composition is employed, wherein a laser emitting portion is disposed inside the rotary head arranged to protrude from the casing to the outside.
The datum plane setting device
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, also referred to as a second prior art, as shown in
FIG. 11
, is provided in that, a casing
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, a unit
46
which is supported swingably against said casing
45
, and a leveling adjustment mechanism
47
for leveling adjustment said unit
46
.
And in the unit
46
, a rotary body
50
consists of a shaft
43
which is rotatably supported by bearing blocks
49
and a rotary head
42
which is formed to integrate with said shaft
43
and be exposed from the casing, and a driving mechanism (a motor
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) for rotating this rotary body
50
are disposed and integrated.
In the rotary head
42
, a laser emitting portion
41
is held and the rotary body
50
rotates, whereby a laser light emitted from the laser emitting portion
41
forms a rotating irradiated plane. As for a current-supplying means, it is contrived so that a brush current-supplying portion
51
is disposed onto the base section outer circumference of the rotary head
42
.
According to the composition, the laser emitting portion
41
is accommodated and fixed inside the rotary head
42
and rotates with the rotary head
42
as one body whereby, a rotating irradiated plane can be formed, therefore, a datum plane measuring device
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with a simple configuration, which allows to project an accurate datum plane (line) without errors, is simple and clearly understandable in operation, and has a wide application range, can be provided.
However, existing datum plane measuring devices including the aforementioned prior art are comprised in that only one rotating irradiated plane can be formed during one datum plane setting work, therefore, there was such an inconvenience in that both the irradiation plane of a horizontal plane and vertical plane cannot be set at the same time.
That is, where both the horizontal plane and vertical plane are set and an intersectional point of a horizontal line and a vertical line which were projected and formed on walls by each plane is determined, and furthermore, where three planes consisting of a horizontal plane, a vertical plane, and a plane orthogonal to both planes are demanded, it was necessary to work to put marks (marking work) in order.
Also, there have been problems in that, for a setting work of each plane, it is necessary to install a datum plane setting device so that a desired plane is formed and perform a leveling work for each time, thereby, a great amount of time and labor it required and when leveling a horizontal plane and leveling a vertical plane, it is necessary to place a device upright or on its side for use, thereby, the internal structure necessarily becomes complicated for avoiding interference and errors between members inside the device.
Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a datum plane setting device having a simple structure and whereby a plurality of datum planes can be set at one time with accuracy.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
In order to achieve the aforementioned object, the following invention is employed.
A datum plane setting device comprising;
(1) a motor,
(2) rotary bodies which rotate in accordance with a rotary driving of said motor,
(3) rotary head portions which are formed on the tip end to form a plurality of orthogonal rotating irradiated planes at the same time.
(4) laser emitting portions which are accommodated inside said rotary head portions and rotate with said rotary heads as one body,
(5) a power source portion which supplies current for the motor and the laser emitting portion,
(6) a casing which accommodates at least the motor, the rotary shaft, and the power source portion,
(7) supporting members for horizontally supporting said casing thereof, and
(8) a level which confirms the horizontal level of said casing, and a datum plane setting device wherein,
(9) for the laser emitting portions, current is supplied from the power supplying portion via supplying brushes which contact current guiding paths provided to surround the rotary bodies,
(10) at least two or more rotary bodies are disposed so as to be orthogonal with each other and said plurality of rotary bodies are made to be rotatable at the same time.
According to the present invention, a laser emitting portion is accommodated inside a rotary head and rotary bodies comprising this rotary head are orthogonally arranged, whereby allowing to form a plurality of orthogonal rotating irradiated planes at the same time.
Also, promptly determining an intersectional point of each rotating irradiated plane becomes possible.
Furthermore, a datum plane setting device being comprised in that, for the laser emitting portion, current is supplied from the power source portion via supplying brushes which contact current guiding paths provided so as to surround the rotary body, whereby, for the laser emitting portion rotating with the rotary head (rotary body) as one body, a current supply is securely carried out from the power source portion which is arranged so as to be alienated from the rotary body. Additionally, where a plurality of rotary bodies are arranged, since a current-supplying means does not become complicated and current-supplying means do not interfere with each other, simplification in device structure can be attained.
That is, as a current-supplying means for the laser e
Cole Thomas W.
Fulton Christopher W.
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