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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1985
Kazuyoshi Okumura, Joyo, JP;
Kyoto Measuring Instruments Corp., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A digital tape measure comprising a tape stored in a casing body being wound on a reel so as to be movable corresponding to a length of measuring object when drawn out and on which a detection mark is indicated and a photoelectric transfer element for receiving a light projected to the tape and reflected therefrom and converting the light to an electric signal, the combination with a control roller for controlling a moving state of the tape on the moving passage which is disclosed between the reel and photoelectric transfer element to form a spacing corresponding to an allowance of the focal distance of the photoelectric transfer element between the roller surface and the tape surface.