Patent ID: 8266776

Claim:
A structural connection aligning device comprising: an alignment head; at least one alignment element attached to the alignment head, the at least one alignment element having a plunging body extendable from the alignment head; and a drive member operable with the alignment element, wherein plunging body is prevented from rotating when the drive member contacts the plunging body to move the plunging body; wherein the plunging body operates with a cartridge so that neither the plunging body nor the cartridge can substantially rotate with respect to the other; and wherein the plunging body includes a dimple and the interior of the cartridge includes a vertical slot running parallel to the central axis of the alignment element, and wherein a ball bearing is positioned within the dimple of the plunging body and also within the vertical slot to securely retain the plunging body and the cartridge in axially non-rotatable relation to each other while still permitting linear axial movement of the separate components.