US1046101A - Plumb-level. - Google Patents

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A. NIEDERGANG.

PLUMB LEVEL. APPLICATION 111.111) JULY 13, 1912.

WITNESSES: Z i W W Hm TTOR COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 20. WASHINGTON, D. c.

us r'rnNT F6 ANTOINE NIEDEBGANG, 0F HOUSTON, TEXAS.

PLUMB-LEVEL.

Patented Dec. 23,1912.

Application filed July 13, 1912. Serial No. 709,197.

1,046,101, Specification of Letters Patent.

ring by means of set screws 9. The level frame is ad ustably secured in posltion by means of screws 10 which pass through the To all whom a may concern;

Be it known that I, ANTOINE Nrnnnneane, a citizen of the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State flange 6 and through the arcuate slots 11 1n of Texas, have invented certain new and the rim 4. The level frame may thus be aduseful Improvements in Plumb-Levels, of justed or turned on its arcuate seat, the which the following is a specification. screws 10 sliding in the slots 11. The lower My invention relates to new and useful segment of the front side of the plate 8 is improvements in plumb levels. graduated from 0 to 90 degrees each way The object of the invention is to provide from the center thereof. Depending from an article of the character described which the free end of the finger 7 is a bob 12 which may be used for leveling horizontal, or is pivoted to said finger so as to swing freely. plumbing vertical surfaces and one which is The lower end of this bob terminates in simple and durable and of easy construction. a pointer 13 which traverses the graduated Another object of the invention is to proscale and enables the user to determine the vide an article of the character described angle of inclination of the base 2. which will be so constructed that the level In order to remove the level attachment attachment may be adjusted in, or readily from the stock, it will only be necessary to removed from and secured to a new stock withdraw the screws 10 and the attachment or body, when it is so desired. may be readily applied to a new stock. This With the above and other objects in view, isa feature of importance inasmuch as when the invention has particular relation to certhe stock has become useless from wear s0 tain novel features of construction and arthat the base 2 thereof is nolonger true, a rangement of parts, an example of which new straight edge may readily be provide is given in this specification and illustrated and another feature of importance resides in in the accompanying drawing, wherein 2- the construction whereby the frame may be Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a easily adjusted in the stock, as hereinbefore plumb level, constructed in accordance with explained. the present invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional What I claim is: View thereof taken on the line a-a of Fig. 1. 1. A plumb level embodying a stock, an Referring now more particularly to the arcuate rim, or seat, having a plurality of drawings, the numeral 1 refers to the stock transverse slots therethrough carried by said of the device which has a fiat base 2 and to stock, a level attachment embodying a ring which the level attachment, which will be which rests upon said arcuate seat, a dehereinafter described, is secured. This stock pending flange carried by said ring and restis provided with grips 8, 3 at each end by ing against one side of said seat, a gradumeans of which the article may be held in ated plate secured upon said ring and conany desired position. forming to the shape thereof, whose lower Centrally located, with respect to the stock edge rests against the side of said seat oppoand integral with the base 2, is an arcuate site said flange and thereby forming a rim, or seat 4, in which the frame of the groove in which said seat rests, a plurality level is secured in the manner to be hereinof screws extending through said flange and after set forth. This frame includes a ring through said transverse slots and adjustaby 5, substantially circular in shape, the lower securing the attachment to the stock, a finportion of which rests upon the rim 4 and ger carried by said ring and extending inwhich has a flange portion 6, forming a wardly, a bob pivoted to the free end of said shoulder which rests against the side of the finger, the lower end of which terminates in rim 4 and from the upper side of said ring a pointer arranged to traverse the gradudepends a finger 7. Fitting over the front ated portion of said plate. side of this ring is a thin plate 8 which cor- 2. A plumb level embodying a stock, an responds in all respects to the shape of the arcuate seat carried thereby and having a ring and which fits closely thereagainst and plurality of arcuate transverse slots, a level also against the side of the rim 4 opposite to attachment embodying a ring which rests the flange 6, forming a groove in which the upon said seat and carries a dependin seat 4 rests, and this plate is secured to the flange which rests against one side of sai Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by

the graduated portion of said plate as the position of said plumb level is varied.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ANTOINE NIEDERGANG.

Witnesses E. FRUDEBEOK, MAY MONTGOMERY.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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