Measuring Tape with Improved Center Post

    公开(公告)号:US20220163308A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    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 The reel assembly may be configured to alternately allow the blade to be withdrawn from the reel assembly through the aperture or received in the aperture onto the reel assembly via operation of a spring.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.

    Spring loaded retractable device
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220119221A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17277744

    申请日:2019-09-20

    发明人: Richard Hicks

    摘要: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a spring loaded retractable device comprising a frame, a movable part hinged to a first pin and comprising an opening radially aligned to the first pin, wherein a strap is movable through the opening, and wherein the movable part is configured to move from a first position into a second position by rotating around an axis of rotation due to friction between the movable part and the moving strap.

    Device for measuring the circumference of an object

    公开(公告)号:US11147475B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-19

    申请号:US16349368

    申请日:2017-11-14

    申请人: Just A New Health

    发明人: Joseph Harfouche

    摘要: The present invention relates to a device for measuring an object, comprising a winder of a measuring element arranged to form a loop about the said object, which has at least one wall and an exit opening arranged to allow the exit of at least one unwound portion of the said measuring element, which is defined between the said exit opening and a distal end of the said measuring element, which is provided with a connecting element that abuts against the said exit opening, and a connecting means being located at a distance d from the said exit opening, characterised in that the said connecting means is located on the said at least one wall, is adjacent to the said exit opening, is presented in the form of a protrusion which extends towards the said distal end, and is arranged to receive the said connecting element in a stationary manner.

    Self-retracting tape rule
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11118887B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16246919

    申请日:2019-01-14

    发明人: Antony J. Orsini

    摘要: A tape rule comprises a blade, a reel, a spring, a lock, and a housing. The blade comprises a substrate and a coating. The coating is configured to provide color, environmental protection, and/or abrasion resistance. In some embodiments, (1) the coating is formed from non-polymer materials; (2) the blade comprises reinforcements metallurgically bonded to the blade at or near a free end; (3) measurement indicia comprise locally annealed portions of the substrate or the coating that create color contrasts; (4) the measurement indicia comprise portions of the substrate visible through gaps in the coating; (5) the measurement indicia comprise voids in the substrate filled with a coating material having a contrasting color; and/or (6) the substrate has a surface texture configured to change an appearance of the coating relative to an appearance of the coating on an as rolled surface finish of the metal substrate.

    Motorized Tape Measure
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210102794A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-08

    申请号:US17122764

    申请日:2020-12-15

    IPC分类号: G01B3/1005

    摘要: Various aspects of tape measures with one or more of a sensor, a motor, and a clutch, are shown. The sensors described herein detect, through various mechanisms, the position of the retraction system of a tape measure. The measurements by the sensors may be used to control a motor to adjust an amount of tension in the spiral spring of a tape measure. In various embodiments a motor interacts with the retraction system of the tape measure via a clutch, which moderates an amount of force that the motor can communicate to the retraction system.

    Length measuring device
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10775144B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-15

    申请号:US16101683

    申请日:2018-08-13

    摘要: Provided is a length measuring device, which includes a first case including a bobbin axis at a center, a second case to which a circuit board is attached, a bobbin mounted on the bobbin axis and around which a tape is wound, a sensor for sensing an amount of rotation of the bobbin rotated by the tape being pull-out, and first and second anti-tilt members for preventing tilting of the bobbin during rotation of the bobbin.

    Insert molded metal case plates
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11619477B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US17800376

    申请日:2021-03-03

    申请人: APEX BRANDS, INC.

    摘要: A tape measuring device includes a housing having a first case half, a second case half, and an aperture. The device also includes a reel assembly disposed in the housing, a tape having a first end operably coupled to an end hook and configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and having a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly, and a retraction assembly configured to interface with the reel assembly to enable the tape, after extension from the housing, to be wound onto the reel assembly. The first case half includes a first metallic case plate operably coupled thereto without a fastener, and the second case half includes a second metallic case plate operably coupled thereto without a fastener. The first and second case halves may be operably coupled together via one or more fasteners operably coupling the first metallic case plate to the second metallic case plate.