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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1981
Filed:
May. 11, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tsunehisa Yamashita, Tullahoma, TN (US);
Assignee:
Precision International, Inc., Tullahoma, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ; G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3327 / ; 33284 ; 248178 ;
Abstract
An adaptor for mounting one instrument, such as an electronic distance measuring device, atop another instrument, such as a telescope or theodolite, for movement together about a horizontal axis with a base member attached to the upper device and presenting two downwardly facing cam surfaces and support members engaging the cam surfaces for vertical movement against springs to counteract the forces produced by the upper instrument as it pivots.