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Tape rule assembly with linear optical encoder for sensing human-readable graduations of length

US10859363B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael Murray · Leesburg, US
Aliaksei Chernyshou · Farmington, US
Gabriel A. Haboubi · Abingdon Reserve, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 27, 2017
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 24, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01B2003/1087
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tape rule assembly includes a linear optical encoder for sensing human-readable graduations of length disposed on a surface of a tape, without requiring any other machine-readable indicia to be present on the tape. The optical encoder includes two optical sensors disposed in a sensor holder pivotably disposed in the tape rule housing and configured to be displaced relative to one another in the housing along both the “x” axis and the “z” axis, a set of intersecting “x”, “y” and “z” axes being defined relative to a tape exit in the tape rule housing.

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