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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1999
Franz Sprenger, Widnau, CH;
Leica Geosystems AG, Heerbrugg, CH;
Abstract
The invention concerns a measuring stop device for a distance-measuring apparatus ( ), said device comprising a rear measuring stop ( ) which runs perpendicular to the measuring direction ( ), is linear and is divided into at least two measuring stop regions ( ), at least one measuring stop region ( ) being rotatable about an axis ( ) running parallel to the measuring direction ( ). If the measuring stop regions ( ) are aligned one behind the other, a distance can be measured from a transversal intersecting a vertex and is used, for example, for determining the diagonals of a surface. In order to measure distances from a flat surface, a stable support surface which is perpendicular to the measuring direction ( ) can be provided by rotating the rotatable measuring stop region ( ) accordingly.