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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2000
Tsutomu Usami, Moriyama, JP;
KOS Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A tape measure is described that is easy to handle, and capable of applying a brake on a winding drum and locking a measurement tape in an unwound condition by manipulation of a single flexible operating member ( ) having a knob ( ) thereon. A lock element ( ) is provided on a forward portion of the operating member ( ) and a brake element ( ) is provided on a rear portion thereof. In a normal condition, the measurement tape ( ) is freely unwindable, and after the tape pulled out, it is rewound by a spring (not shown). When the knob ( ) is in a rearward circumferential position, and the knob ( ) is pressed in during rewinding, the operating member ( ) is deflected to cause the brake element ( ) to contact an edge of the winding drum ( ), thereby retarding the rewinding of the tape ( ). If the knob ( ) is moved to a forward position while the tape is in an extended position, then the operating member ( ) is deflected to cause the lock element ( ) to force the tape ( ) against a receiving section ( ) so that the tape ( ) is locked in the extended position.