US 2008/0184581 A1Published application

Tape ruler

AssigneeIndex Measuring Tape Co., Ltd.

InventorJason Huang

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Abstract

Disclosed is an improved tape ruler, comprising mainly a hollow housing constructed by two parts (the left and the right) to form a space for other components to place in, a roller of ruler blade placed in said space, two interiorly protruding axis tubes respectively set on the middle of the left and the right parts of the housing, two supplementary tubes of different materials set on the interiors of said axis tubes, two protruding tubes that match said axis tubes, two sleeves of different materials further mounted onto said protruding tubes. Said protruding tubes are respectively coupled up with said two axis tubes, allowing the roller to rotate in said space. One rolling spring is placed inside said roller, with one end of it reaching out from an arsis post that extends from the housing inside one of said protruding tubes, and the other end connected with the end of said ruler blade. There is also one other strip-shaped exit formed the tip of the tape. By reducing rotational friction between said axis tubes and the protruding tubes which are set on the interiors of the right and the left half-housings, the resistance force of said tape ruler is greatly alleviated, the length of said spring that pulls the ruler blade out is greatly shortened, and it is therefore more suitable for the use of tape ruler with wider ruler blades.

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Dependent claims

An improved tape ruler, comprising mainly:

a hollow housing which is formed of one left half-housing and one right half-housing, whereas inside said housing there is a space for a roller to place in, characterized in that:
two inwardly extended axis tubes are respectively formed on the middle of the left and the right side walls of the shell,
two supplementary tubes made of friction endurable materials that are set on the interiors of said axis tubes,
two protruding tubes are respectively formed on the interior walls of the left and right half-housings, and which are respectively coupled up with said axis tubes,
two sleeves are respectively mounted onto said protruding tubes, allowing said roller to rotate inside said space,
a rolling spring is set in said roller, with its one end connected with an axis post that sticks out from said hollow housing and the other end connected with the tip of a ruler blade wounded on said roller;
With the mere existence of the rotational friction between said sleeves mounded onto the protruding tubes formed on the interiors walls of the left and the right half-housings and the complimemtary tubes respectively attached on the interior wall of protruding said axis tubes, the resistance force of the roller in rotation is greatly alleviated and therefore the length of said spring that pulls out and draws in the ruler blade is also shortened, and can be more suitable for the use of wider ruler blade.

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