Depthometer
OwnerDanny Robertsinventor
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Abstract
A depthometer for measuring a length of an elongate line. A main wheel is mounted upon a main body component and is in communication with a registering mechanism. Line guides are mounted upon a lower body component. An inner handle connected to the main body component is pulled toward an outer handle connected to the lower body component, in opposition to a spring-like force in the opposite direction, to open the depthometer and position a line within the depthometer. The main body component is automatically moved towards the lower body component via a spring-like force when the inner handle is released, thereby engaging the line in the depthometer in the installed position.
Claims21
A depthometer for measuring a length of an elongate line, said depthometer comprising:
- a main body component;
- a main wheel connected to said main body component;
- a registering mechanism in communication with said main wheel;
- a lower body component;
- and
- a handle for displacing said main body component from said lower body component, comprising an inner handle connected to said main body component and an outer handle connected to said lower body component;
- and
- means for automatically moving said main body component towards said lower body component to engage a line.
A method of measuring a length of an elongate line, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a depthometer having a registering mechanism;
- displacing a first body component from a second body component by squeezing a first handle toward a second handle;
- positioning a line adjacent a wheel;
- and
- automatically moving the first body component towards the second body component to engage the line.
A depthometer for measuring a length of an elongate line, said depthometer comprising:
- a wheel for contacting an elongate line;
- means for creating a spring-like force against the line to maintain frictional contact between the line and said wheel;
- means for registering a length,
- an inner handle;
- and
- an outer handle, said inner and outer handles oriented upon the depthometer to create a force in opposition to said spring-like force when one of said handles is displaced toward the other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.