Inventors:
Fabrice J. Malard - Pleasant Prairie WI, US
John H. Loudenslager - Phoenix AZ, US
Albert Gamal - Le Mesnil le Roi, FR
Assignee:
Irwin Industrial Tool Company - Freeport IL
International Classification:
G01C015/00
US Classification:
33286, 33291, 33281, 33DIG 21
Abstract:
A self-contained laser generator uses a laser diode and a mirror to generate a laser light beam, split it into two parts, and generate perpendicular beams of laser light. One of more mirrors are useful for receiving light and splitting it into two beams. An internal motor then rotates the mirrors and one of the beams becomes a rotating laser light, useful for aligning objects in a horizontal or vertical direction. The other beam may be used to locate and orient the rotating laser line generator in a different plane.