Winding device for measuring tape

A winding device for winding a measuring tape, comprising a winding reel rotatably supported by a supporting shaft, a winding spring, a housing for accommodating the winding reel, the winding reel having a plurality of first recesses each with an inwardly directed opening and the housing having a plurality of second recesses each having an outwardly directed opening and a depth increasing in a winding direction of the winding reel, the first recesses and the second recesses opposing each other at their respectively openings along the cylindrical surface of the winding reel and the housing, a roller movably disposed in the first recesses and operable to be disposed between both the first and second respective recesses by slowly revolving the winding reel in a rewinding direction to lock the winding reel from further rotating, said housing comprises a lower half-housing having, at its inside center, a mounting shaft which has a tapped hole in a top end thereof, said lower half-housing having a base, said supporting shaft having a first part integrally formed at said base, said upper half-housing having an inside center, said supporting shaft having a second part projecting inwardly and integrally formed with said upper half-housing at said inside center, the second part of the supporting shaft of the upper half-housing having at its inside center, a fitting portion for engagement with the mounting shaft of the lower half-housing and has a tapped hole through which a screw is received in the tapped hole of the mounting shaft, the lower half-housing and the upper half-housing being connected with each other by said screw, the second part of the supporting shaft of the upper half-housing having a stepped portion formed at its peripheral end, said plurality of second recesses being formed at the periphery of the stepped portion at a specified angular interval therebetween, each of said second recesses having a depth deeper than the depth of the stepped portion.