Patent ID: 6990742

Claim:
A level comprising a frame having an edge rail and a web extending from said edge rail at right angles thereto, said edge rail being wider than the thickness of said web, a web opening in said web, a capsule assembly mounted on said web at said web opening, said capsule assembly comprising a transparent capsule having a liquid therein and outer cover plates mounted over said capsule on each side of said web, the volume of the liquid in said capsule being less than the volume of the interior of said capsule whereby an upper surface of said liquid is formed the entire surface of which is viewable through the transparent capsule, said capsule comprises opposed flat side walls parallel to each other, opposed end walls parallel to each other and at right angles to said side walls, a bottom wall at right angles to said end walls, said side walls and said bottom wall, an open top opposite said bottom wall the width of said bottom wall being less than the width of said side walls, a flat cover removably mounted in said open top to close the open top, said flat cover being parallel to said bottom wall when mounted in said open top, an end flange extending from each of said end walls, said end flanges abutting against the said web, fastening means adapted to fasten the end flanges to the web, said fastening means extending through said end flange and into said web, said bottom wall having a bottom flange extending therefrom, said bottom flange abutting said web, said side walls having reference line markings thereon, said outer cover plates being affixed to each other from opposed sides of said web, said outer cover plates comprise a front face having a window through which said capsule may be seen and a peripheral wall extending from said front face and adapted to bear against said web adjacent to the capsule, a notch provided in the end flanges of the capsule, a fastening member extending from the front face of one of the outer cover plates, through said notch and into the front face of the outer cover plate, said window in each of said cover plates having a peripheral ridge extending inwardly and adapted to abut against the entire flat, side walls of the capsule on either side thereof.