Tape Measure with Epicyclic Gear Drive for Tape Retraction

    公开(公告)号:US20220363510A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17872765

    申请日:2022-07-25

    摘要: A tool, such as a tape measure, including a spring-based retraction system is shown. The retraction system utilizes an epicyclic gear train coupled between the tape blade winding reel and a rotating arbor or axle within the tape measure. A spiral spring has an outer end coupled to the reel and an inner end coupled to the axle. The gear train may be a reduction gear train such that the axle rotates slower than the reel. By coupling the spiral spring between the gear train input and gear train output, high energy density springs may be used, which may allow for decrease in housing size, increase in tape length or thickness for a given housing size, and/or advantageous retraction speed control.

    Measurement device extension apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11193747B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US17340263

    申请日:2021-06-07

    申请人: Andre V. Gomez

    发明人: Andre V. Gomez

    IPC分类号: G01B3/10 G01B3/1056

    摘要: A tape measure extension apparatus is provided. The apparatus effectively extends the length of a tape measure's hook for attaching to items with corner radii greater than about 0.5 inches. The apparatus includes an attachment portion including a slot adapted to receive and secure the distal end of the tape measure's blade and its corresponding hook. An extension arm extends generally perpendicularly away from the attachment portion thereby replacing the hook of the tape measure. The distal end of the extension arm is coupled to a torque redirection mechanism that minimizes kinking of the tape measure's blade when in use.

    TAPE MEASURE HAVING A LASER TRANSMISSION WINDOW

    公开(公告)号:US20210215468A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US16741268

    申请日:2020-01-13

    摘要: A tape measure to be reeled on a spool rotatably mounted within a housing defining an opening for paying out and for retrieval by rotation of the spool within in the housing. The tape measure includes a tape having a first end and a second end. The first end connected to the spool and the second end movable through the opening between a retracted position and an extended position. The tape includes a steel blade with length markings on the obverse. The blade extends along its length from the first end to the second end having a window. The window includes a pane of polymer. The polymer includes pigments to selectively transmit laser emitted from a laser level. The pane in held within the window in a manner allowing the reel to pay out and retract the blade in use.

    Circular saw guide device
    26.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12128581B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-29

    申请号:US18564924

    申请日:2022-06-02

    申请人: Jiro Watanabe

    发明人: Jiro Watanabe

    摘要: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a circular saw guide device enabling reliable cutting in the presence of a guide function even when having no workbench for placing a workpiece thereon. The circular saw guide device 2A includes a base member 6 having a guide end 4 on one end side in the longitudinal direction for guiding a saw blade 34 there along, a tape measure 10 provided with a scale 8 freely movable back and forth having a locking claw 8a to be hooked to an end face 30c of a square timber 30, and a handle 20. A central portion of the base member 6 in the longitudinal direction is a narrow grip section 16, and the tape measure 10 is stored in an end portion in the X2 direction of the handle 20.

    Measuring tape with improved center post

    公开(公告)号:US11920925B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-05

    申请号:US17602641

    申请日:2020-04-09

    申请人: APEX BRANDS, INC.

    发明人: Adam Lewis Baxter

    IPC分类号: G01B3/1005 G01B3/1056

    摘要: A measuring tape device may include a housing having an aperture, a reel assembly enclosed within the housing, and a blade having a first end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly. The reel assembly may be configured to alternately allow the blade to be withdrawn from the reel assembly through the aperture or received in the aperture onto the reel assembly via operation of a spring. The spring is anchored to a post disposed within the housing at a first end of the spring and operably coupled to the blade at a second end of the spring. The post includes a slot dividing the post into a first post portion and a second post portion. Each of the first and second post portions may have rounded edges at portions thereof that define lateral boundaries of the slot.

    Tape measure
    30.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11624600B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-11

    申请号:US17504014

    申请日:2021-10-18

    摘要: A tape measure comprises a housing containing a tape, spring, reel, and hub, with first seal(s) to seal between the reel cartridge and the hub and/or to seal between the reel and the housing and/or a part fixed to the housing. An outermost coil of the spring may extend out of an opening in the reel and be attached to an innermost coil of the tape, and a second seal may be provided on the reel, to seal between the spring and the reel where the spring extends from the reel. Alternatively, the spring may be contained within the reel, and an outermost coil of the spring may be attached to an interior of the reel. An exterior of the reel may include an attachment portion to which an innermost coil of the tape is attached. The housing may be openable to enable contaminants to be removed from the housing.