Patent ID: 6912888
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: G01C,G01D,G01S

Abstract:
1. A handheld device for contactless distance measurement, having a housing ( 11 ) with a housing front ( 15 ) pointing in the measuring direction ( 17 ) and a housing back ( 16 ) oriented away from the measuring direction ( 17 ), having a linear first measuring stop ( 21 ) that is embodied on the housing back ( 16 ) oriented away from the measuring direction ( 17 ) and that lies in a reference plane ( 18 ) for the distance measurement, and having means disposed on the housing back ( 16 ) for producing a flat second measuring stop ( 22 ) that is aligned at right angles to the measuring direction ( 17 ) and points away from the measuring direction and that lies in the reference plane ( 18 ) for the distance measurement, characterized in that the means for producing the second measuring stop ( 22 ) have a pivoting wedge ( 24 ) supported on the housing ( 11 ) in pivoting fashion, whose one wedge surface ( 241 ) forms the second measuring stop ( 22 ) as a whole.