Patent ID: 8767191

Claim:
A distance-measuring device for contactless measurement of a distance to a target, comprising: a housing; a measurer utilizing an optical measuring beam and arranged in the housing, the measurer capable of measuring the distance to the target contactlessly; at least one reference stop arranged on the housing and selectable by the user in order to carry out the measurement; an operating and input array arranged on the housing and serving to operate the measurer; and a visual display arranged on the housing and coupled to the operating and input array to indicate an operating state and/or the measured distance from a selected reference stop of the at least one reference stop to the target, the housing having at least one optical signaler separate from the visual display, the signaler being unambiguously associated with the reference stop and being activatable when the selected reference stop is selected; wherein a position of the reference stop and configuration of an associated optical signaler on the housing correlate in a predetermined manner in such a way that the position of the reference stop can be associated with the associated optical signaler.