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公开(公告)号:US20220363510A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-17
申请号:US17872765
申请日:2022-07-25
IPC分类号: B65H75/48 , G01B3/1041 , G01B3/1056 , F16H1/46 , G01B3/1005
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.
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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.
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公开(公告)号:US20210215468A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-15
申请号:US16741268
申请日:2020-01-13
申请人: Mathew Patrick Luck
发明人: Mathew Patrick Luck
IPC分类号: G01B3/1056 , G01B3/1089 , G01B3/1003 , G01B3/1084
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20210131782A1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-06
申请号:US16639426
申请日:2018-08-16
申请人: Apex Brabds, Inc.
发明人: Tobias McKay Bridges , Kay Randolph Ligon , Kevin Fitzpatrick , Vlad Petru Patrangenaru , Ian Cunninggham
IPC分类号: G01B3/1094 , G01B3/1041 , G01B3/1056 , G01B3/1061 , G01B3/00 , H04N5/232 , H04W4/38
摘要: An example distance measuring apparatus is provided. The example apparatus may include a measuring tape with distance measurement indicia, a camera, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to cause the camera to capture an image of the measuring tape, and determine a measurement by analyzing the captured image. The measurement may be determined based on the distance measurement indicia of the measuring tape within the image at a measurement position. The processing circuitry may be further configured to store the measurement in a memory device.
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公开(公告)号:US10746521B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-18
申请号:US16169710
申请日:2018-10-24
IPC分类号: G01B3/10 , G01B3/1003 , G01B1/00 , G01B3/1056 , G01B3/1041 , G01B3/1071
摘要: A tape measure including a reinforced or coated tape measure blade is provided. The coating is thicker than the metal inner layer of the tape blade. The coating provides a reinforced tape blade such that elongate tape blade may have a pinch load threshold of greater than 50 lbs. and/or a pinch height at break of less than 1.5 mm. A hook assembly may also provide for reduced stress at the end of the tape blade.
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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
IPC分类号: G01B3/1056 , B25H7/00 , B27B9/04 , G01B3/1048 , G01B3/1084
CPC分类号: B27B9/04 , B25H7/00 , G01B3/1048 , G01B3/1056 , G01B3/1084
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.
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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
CPC分类号: G01B3/1005 , G01B3/1056 , G01B2003/103
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.
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公开(公告)号:US11913779B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-27
申请号:US17829663
申请日:2022-06-01
申请人: APEX BRANDS, INC.
IPC分类号: G01B3/1071 , G01B3/1089 , G01B3/1041 , G01B3/1056 , B25H7/04
CPC分类号: G01B3/1071 , B25H7/04 , G01B3/1041 , G01B3/1056 , G01B3/1089
摘要: A measuring tape device may include a housing having an aperture, a reel assembly defining an axis, 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, and a transverse aperture extending through the housing in a direction substantially parallel to the axis.
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公开(公告)号:US11761744B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-19
申请号:US17691839
申请日:2022-03-10
IPC分类号: G01B3/10 , G01B3/1003 , G01B1/00 , G01B3/1056 , G01B3/1041 , G01B3/1071
CPC分类号: G01B3/1003 , G01B1/00 , G01B3/1056 , G01B2003/1053 , G01B2003/1076
摘要: A tape measure including a reinforced or coated tape measure blade is provided. The coating is thicker than the metal inner layer of the tape blade. The coating provides a reinforced tape blade such that elongate tape blade may have a pinch load threshold of greater than 50 lbs. and/or a pinch height at break of less than 1.5 mm. A hook assembly may also provide for reduced stress at the end of the tape blade.
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公开(公告)号:US11624600B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-11
申请号:US17504014
申请日:2021-10-18
发明人: Hsiao-Ting Wen , Yo-Wen Hsiao , Chirag Kamani , Daniel R. Seymour , Hui-Ting You
IPC分类号: G01B3/10 , G01B3/1041 , G01B3/1056 , G01B3/1005
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.
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