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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
May. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Greenlee Textron Inc., Rockford, IL (US);
Inventors:
Wilbur Keith Moffatt, Freeport, IL (US);
Nathan Daniel Gove, Rockton, IL (US);
Assignee:
TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/06 (2006.01); G01B 11/04 (2006.01); G01B 11/02 (2006.01); H02G 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/043 (2013.01); G01B 11/022 (2013.01); H02G 1/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly includes a fish tape device or a duct rodding device having digital measurement unit attached thereto. A tape is housed in the fish tape device or a duct rodding device and is paid out of the device. The digital measurement unit includes an optical sensor which is positioned proximate to the tape. As the tape is passed by the optical sensor, the optical sensor uses digital image correlation to take successive images of the tape to determine a length measurement of tape that has passed by the optical sensor.