Patent ID: 7631435

Claim:
An apparatus for plumbing a control joint in a masonry wall comprising: a plumb rod; plumb rod holding means for holding the plumb rod in a desired position relative to a control joint in a wall; mounting means for mounting said plumb rod holding means to the wall; and plumbing means mounted to said plumb rod holding means for plumbing the plumb rod with respect to said desired position, wherein said plumb rod holding means comprises adjusting means for adjusting the position of said plumb rod relative to said mounting means and securing means for securing the position of the plumb rod relative to said holding means, and wherein said plumbing means is embodied as at least one spirit level being permanently mounted on said adjusting means, wherein said adjusting means is embodied by a first positioning mechanism connected between said mounting means and said plumb rod, said first positioning mechanism enabling horizontal adjustment of the plumb rod relative to said mounting means in a plane parallel to said mounting means, and a second positioning mechanism connected between said mounting means and said plumb rod said second positioning mechanism enabling pivotal adjustment of the plumb rod relative to said mounting means in the plane parallel to said mounting means, and wherein said first positioning mechanism is embodied by a mounting rod fixed horizontally with respect to said mounting means and a sliding collar slidingly engaged with the mounting rod.