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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Inventors:
Antony Orsini, Oradell, NJ (US);
Keith M. Lombardi, Avon, CT (US);
Bruce Eidinger, Meriden, CT (US);
Assignee:
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 75/48 (2006.01); G01B 3/1041 (2020.01); G01B 3/1005 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 75/486 (2013.01); G01B 3/1005 (2013.01); G01B 3/1041 (2013.01); B65H 2403/481 (2013.01); G01B 2003/103 (2013.01); G01B 2003/1023 (2013.01); G01B 2003/1053 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tape rule assembly includes differential spring-drive systems for rotating a reel of tape through an angular distance different from the angular distance traveled by a hub carrying a wound spring, relative to the tape rule housing. The differential spring drive systems include planetary and cycloidal drive systems. The tape rules of the present invention are thus made more compact than conventional tape rules.