Apparatus and method for measuring spatial movements of plant structures

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PATENT NO 8872698
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13203380

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An apparatus and method for measuring spatial movements of plant structures, such as pipes, due for example to movement of the ground in presence of landslide phenomena, subsidence, collapse, or differential settling. The measuring apparatus includes at least one ground station that communicates with at least one corresponding signal-sending satellite station, the ground station being connected in a movable manner to a support constrainable in a fixed manner to the plant structure, the ground structure having an initial azimuthal orientation and an initial azimuthal height. The ground station is moved with respect to the support via a mechanism for adjusting the orientation and height of the same to compensate for an instantaneous orientation and height that are different from the initial orientation and height.

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ENI S P A00144 ROME

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
De, Lorenzo Gianpietro Segrate, IT 4 18
Giunta, Giuseppe San Donato Milanese, IT 16 132

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