Patent ID: 7894043

Claim:
A distance measuring device ( 10 ) embodied in the form of a hand-held unit, comprising: a path ( 28 , 34 ) for a measurement signal; an adjustable signaling means ( 36 ) for changing the measurement signal; and a drive unit ( 40 ) for adjusting the signaling means ( 36 , 70 ), wherein said drive unit is equipped with a static unit ( 52 ) and a drive element ( 46 , 76 ) arranged so that said static unit ( 52 ) acts on the drive element ( 46 , 76 ) and thereby the drive element ( 46 , 47 ) is driven into a rotation in relation to the static unit ( 52 ) and drives the signaling means ( 36 ), wherein the signaling means ( 36 ) is pivotable about an axis of rotation ( 38 ), wherein said signaling means has at least two stable positions, and wherein the drive element ( 46 , 76 ) is supported so as to be rotatable about the axis of rotation ( 38 ) and to rotate the signaling means about the axis of rotation ( 38 ).