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End assembly for tape rule

US6931753B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 16, 2004
Grant dateAug 23, 2005
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B3/1056
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An end assembly for a tape rule is disclosed. This end assembly has a hooking member for attachment to a free end of the tape rule. The hooking member includes a plate section, an elbow section, and an abutment section. The plate section is for longitudinal alignment along the free end of the tape rule. The elbow section upwardly curves from the plate section to the abutment section. The abutment section downwardly curves to a substantially perpendicular orientation to the plate section, and the abutment section downwardly extends below the tape rule. The hooking member is positioned to an article to be measured, and the abutment section contacts and frictionally engages an edge of the article.

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