Movable catch for automatic tape measure

Details Movable catch for automatic tape measure Movable catch for automatic tape measure

2007-03-06

2007-03-06

Guadalupe-McCall, Yaritza (Department: 2859)

Geometrical instruments

Distance measuring

By flexible tape

C033S755000, C033S770000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11283950

ABSTRACT:
This invention is directed to a moveable catch. An automatic tape measure has a housing and a tape assembly. The tape assembly is supported in the housing and contains a tape switch, a reel, a drive, the movable catch, and a tape adapted to extend and retract from the front wall of the housing. The movable catch is coupled to a distal end of the tape. The movable catch includes a body, a spring, and a tongue. The tongue is pivotably coupled with the body via an axle. Thus, when the tape is extended, the tongue can pivot about the axle when it encounters an object in its path. The spring is positioned around the axle and causes the catch to return to its original, generally perpendicular position once the tongue passes the object.

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