Patent ID: 8215026
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: E02D,G01C

Abstract:
1. An underwater foundation leveling device, including a support element mounted with a plumb weight used for leveling of a surface of riprap forming a foundation in water, and a plurality of reflectors provided around an upper portion of the support element for measurement of a position of a leveling area, the support element being hoisted with a wire and then being made to fall by its own weight for leveling for the surface of the foundation, the reflectors reflecting light back toward a light receiving unit for a detection of the position of the leveling area, the underwater foundation leveling device comprising, a protective element that prevents the wire in which slack occurs from hitting the reflectors, and a light passage located in a position allowing an optical path of the light reflected from the reflectors to travel toward the light receiving unit and wherein the protective element includes a pair of protective members respectively placed on upper and lower sides of the reflectors, the light passage is provided between the pair of protective members, each of the protective members has an outer edge extending outward beyond a circle formed by the plurality of the reflectors continuously arranged adjacent to each other, and the outer edge is maintained in a relational position where, when the slack wire hits the outer edge, the wire does not collide with the reflectors.