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Precision measuring device and method of use

US5241756A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
12References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 20, 1992
Grant dateSep 7, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 20, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB43L13/007
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A measuring device (10) and method for duplicating an irregular shape (200) onto a sheet of material (300) by employing the device (10) in combination with a sheet of paper (100) and a conventional marking implement; to form traced lines (101) on the sheet of paper (100) in response to measurements taken from the irregular shape (200); transferring the sheet of paper (100) to the sheet of material (300); using the traced lines (101) and measuring device (10) to make marks (301) on the sheet of material (300); and, then severing the sheet of material (300) in line segments between adjacent marks (301).

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