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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard H Rathbun, Oakdale, CT (US);
William J Hildebrandt, West Simsbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
The Stanley Works, New Britain, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 848 ; 33138 ; 242 99 ; 403252 ;
Abstract
A tape measure reel lock with a locking slide reciprocably mounted for selectively engaging internal V-shaped, angularly spaced abutments of a reel drum, each abutment having a latching shoulder for locking the reel with the slide against unwinding rotation and a camming shoulder for automatically retracting the slide when the reel is rotated to rewind the measuring tape.