Light line generating assembly
Abstract
An assembly for generating light lines on a surface is disclosed. The assembly may include a first housing coupled to a second housing. The first housing includes the first housing may include a first light source and a second light source capable of generating intersecting light lines on the surface. The first housing, moreover, may be repositioned with respect to the second housing to reorient the light lines on the surface. The assembly may further include a pendulum assembly operable to self-level the light lines to create substantially vertical (plumb) and/or horizontal lines over a generally vertical surface such as a wall.
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Numbers
- Publication
- 2016332
- Application
- 68398882
Titles3
- German
- LICHTLINIENERZEUGUNGSANORDNUNG
- English
- LIGHT LINE GENERATING ASSEMBLY
- French
- ENSEMBLE GENERATEUR DE TRAITS LUMINEUX
Classification
- CPC, 3
- G02B27/20
- B25H7/04
- G01C15/004
- IPC, 4
- F21V7 04
- B25H7 04
- G01C15 00
- G02B27 20
Designated states31
- Contracting states, 31
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Latvia
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye