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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4679325 | Chalk line marking device An improved chalk line marking device for placing chalk marks at regularly spaced intervals along a straight line on a workpiece includes a composite tape having a central layer of porous material receptive to chalk. Upper and lower layers overlying the f... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4667412 | Self-marking measuring tape The invention provides a self-marking tape measure for hand-held use. A tape housing has a crosswise-positioned marker cartridge affixed removably in a marker cartridge channel through the housing base below the tape exit aperature. A marking substance li... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4665620 | Combined tape measure and clipboard A two-function device incorporating the conventioanl tape measure and the conventional clipboard for use, one after the other, in close sequence. A modification of the invention includes a Velcro covered surface for retaining auxiliary articles such as pe... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4651429 | Tool for mechanically marking and measuring lengths The present invention relates to a device for locking in a set position along arched tape (5) preferably intended for measuring and marking. The tape is guided in a trough-shaped member (10) constituting one part of a locking mechanism and in which the ta... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4642899 | Measuring attachment A measuring attachment has a rotary member rotatable under the action of frictional contact with a movable tape and the like, a transforming element which transform the rotation of the rotary member into signals, a computer for converting the signals into... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4630376 | Marking device for tape measure An inscriptive device for a tape measure. The inscriptive device is internally mounted on the tape measure and allows the user of the measure to form a mark on the surface of a workpiece at a point immediately beneath the tape measure.... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4580347 | Lighted and magnetized tape measure with combination marker and clothing-attachment arm member A housing for a flexible recoilable measuring tape which includes a battery operated light for emitting light directly onto the tape; a pair of magnetic foot members attached to the base of the apparatus for adhering onto metal beams or the like; and a fl... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4547969 | Fraction indicator and method of use An indicator (20) for a tape measure (10) is described. The indicator is marked with indicia (21) and arabic numerals (22) designating fractional increments between whole number measurements on the tape. In the preferred form the indicator is pivoted on t... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4542589 | Tape measure A tape measure is provided with a marker. The marker may be contained in the tape measure case, mounted on the side of the case, or mounted on top of the case. In use, the marker is projected to mark a desired point on the surface being measured.... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4516325 | Illuminated device employing printed circuit board switch An illuminated retractable tape measure has a casing which contains a coiled tape rule whose free end extends through an opening in the casing. A lock arrangement locks the tape against automatic retraction into the casing. In the lock arrangement, a lock... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4507872 | Method for measuring the state of damage of an automobile vehicle and measuring apparatus for carrying out said method A method and apparatus for measuring automobile body damage are disclosed herein. The method comprises steps of measuring the height and depth of automobile body damages, and measurements so taken are assigned an accident code, which when compared with ac... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4507869 | Marker attachment for rules A marker attachment for an elongated rule, such as a metal measuring tape adapted to be stored in compact coiled condition in a case from which it is extendible and into which it is retractable. The marker attachment has at least one integrally formed pro... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4502226 | Measure tape and key chain combined device A tape measure and key chain combined device comprising a cover and rotating shaft having a spiral torsion spring and key chain pulley connected to the shaft with the tape measure connected to the spring so that the key chain and tape are rewound respecti... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4462160 | Illuminated locking tape measure device An illuminated retractable tape measure has a casing which contains a coiled tape rule whose free end extends through an opening in the casing. A lock arrangement locks the tape against automatic retraction into the casing. In the lock arrangement, a lock... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4439927 | Tape measure A tape measuring device including an outer casing and a coiled metal tape disposed within the casing which may be retracted or withdrawn through a slot in the front of the casing. In addition, a consumable marker and a scriber are disposed within the casi... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4438538 | Combination tool for carpentry The tool incorporates a housing for opposed tape and chalkline reels. The housing has sufficient height to act as, and in conjunction with, an attached abutment, to make the tool useable as a cutting guide square. The abutment surface has the triple funct... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4433486 | Measuring instrument for compressible objects An instrument for measuring the girth of compressible objects comprising a graduated tape and a one-piece tension reading member. The tension reading member is substantially planar and comprises first and second sections interconnected by a reduced cross-... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4296554 | Tape measure and marking device A marking device for a measuring tape of the type carried in a housing, and which may include a spring return mechanism and a tape lock, includes a spring clip for attaching the tape to a belt or clothing, but in the present invention is also capable of a... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4281461 | Letter scale A combination rule and scale is disclosed in which the weight of the rule is used to counterbalance the weight of an object, such as a letter, and provide a measurement of the object's weight. In one embodiment the combination rule and scale comprises a c... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4275504 | Cutting saw measuring attachment A linear measuring instrument for attachment to a cutting saw includes a rack and pinion gear assembly for unwinding a measuring tape coiled on a rotatable drum. The pinion gears are gear coupled with the axle of the drum, and the rack gear is manually mo... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4181959 | Stored information transferable means for a combined electronic digital scale and calculator A plurality of memories are provided for respectively storing a series of distance information measured by extending the length of an extensible tape member which is attached to the length of an object to be measured. The memory is selected through the us... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4181960 | Tape reel and detector assembly for an electronic combined digital scale and calculator A spring loaded reel is provided for accommodating and storing an extensible tape member which is useful in identifying the length of an object to be measured while being pulled out of an electronic combined digital scale and calculator. A plurality of ho... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4155168 | Power extended tape measure A resilient metallic measuring tape of concavo-convex cross-section is coiled in inside wound fashion against an inner peripheral surface of a cup rotatably mounted within a case. The leading end of the tape is laterally offset from the tape coil for exte... | 05/22/1979 |
