US Patent: 692,097 - Cat's Eye Level


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US Patent: 692,097

Spirit Level
Cat's Eye Level

Patentee:

James Robert Wood (exact or similar names) - Glasgow, Scotland

USPTO Classifications:

116/227, 250/463.1, 33/348, 33/379

Tool Categories:

layout tools : levels

tool making : making handsaws

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Unknown

Witnesses:

John Liddle

Edith M. Edmondstone

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Oct. 30, 1899
Granted:	Jan. 28, 1902

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Description:

Spirit level tube filled with a fluoresent liquid, such as cosine or fluorescence disolved in alcohol or water with a background of either a mirror or constrasting in color with the bubble.

This was previously patented in Great Britian, No 7,134 on Apr 5, 1899 and addresses the problem with seeing the bubble during dark or foggy weather or in gloomy places.

Stratton advertised this as an imported vial and used it in their No 1 E and No 4 levels, using a yellow fluid and green glass combination.