Patent ID: 9599464
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G01B

Claim:
1. A device to be used for aligning a pulley with a sheave, wherein the pulley includes a groove and the sheave includes a groove, the device comprising: a. a laser beam generation component coupled to a pulley contact section that is configured for releasable engagement with an interior surface of the groove of the pulley, wherein the laser beam generation component includes a face with a portal through which a laser beam of a selected shape passes, and wherein the pulley contact section includes a first wedged body and a second wedged body coupled together by a pulley contact section stalk; and b. a laser beam target component coupled to a sheave contact section configured for releasable engagement with an interior surface of the groove of the sheave, wherein the laser beam target component includes a face with a target of a shape corresponding to the shape of the selected shape of the laser beam, and wherein the sheave contact section includes a first wedged body and a second wedged body coupled together by a sheave contact section stalk, wherein when the laser beam generation component and the laser beam target component are positioned facing one another in the pulley and sheave, respectively, the laser beam from the laser beam generation component contacts the target of the laser beam target component and wherein when the laser beam aligns with the target, the pulley and the sheave are aligned.