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US 2014/0196301 A1Published application
Apparatus For Measuring An Article
AssigneeC. & J. Clark International Limited
InventorsChris Towns, Peter Rickett, Dan Innes, Yann Kinally
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Abstract
There is provided a measuring device having a pair of pivoted arms, the ends of which remote from the pivot having an associated tape. The tape is fixed to one arm and extends internally through the other arm to be wound on to a biased reel located in a housing part, the reel taking up any slack in the tape.
Claims20
Apparatus for measuring an article, the apparatus comprising:
- a pair of arms which are movable with respect to each other about a pivot, each arm having an end remote from the pivot;
- a flexible, elongate measuring element associated with the ends of the arms such that the measuring element has one extremity fixed with respect to the end of one arm and is able to move relative to a guide provided at the end of the other arm, the other extremity of the measuring element being secured to a reel which is biased to take up any slack in the measuring element.
A measuring apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- two arms extending from the housing, each arm having an end, at least one arm being pivotable relative to the other arm;
- a spiral clockspring which biases the two arms towards each other;
- a flexible measuring element having an extremity affixed to one arm and extending from the end of the one arm, and being slidable within the end of the other arm, and having another extremity secured to a spring-biased reel.
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