A device for use as a measuring tape and as a compass. A hollow housing generally rectangular in shape has a vertical front surface with a lower opening therein and a horizontal bottom surface with a front opening. The lower and front openings join each other. The housing has an inner partition which extends vertically upward from the bottom surface and horizontally inward from the front surface to divide the interior of the housing into a small first compartment formed between these surfaces and the partition and a large second compartment in the remainder of the housing. The partition has an opening in the upwardly extending portion. A measuring tape is disposed in rolled up condition in the second compartment with a front end extending through the partition opening. The tape is manually unwindable. The front end of the tape has a hole. Windup means is disposed in the second compartment to normally maintain said tape in wound up condition. A holder for detachably receiving a chalk or the like is secured to the front end of the tape and extends at right angles to the major surfaces of the tape whereby a chalk disposed in the holder has a tip extending downwardly through the hole. The holder normally fits into the first compartment. A pointed member is secured to said bottom surface of the housing remote from the front opening and points vertically downward.
A tape measure device with a measuring tape blade having a swiveling end assembly having a tape measure housing defining a chamber receiving a retractable tape blade of a tape measure. A tape blade attachment assembly is mounted to the tape blade and includes a support plate defining a cylindrical chamber, a slot leading to the cylindrical chamber, the slot also being provided with a recess adapted to receive an angular projection of a locking arm of the locking mechanism, a flexible arm mounted adjacent the slot and a recess on the other side of the flexible arm. The locking arm which is mounted in the slot has an angular projection on one side and a rounded projection on the opposite side from said angular projection which engages the flexible arm. An attachment plate is rotatably mounted to the support plate has a cylindrical post extending therefrom which is seated in the cylindrical chamber and has a rivet extending through the center axis of the cylindrical post and the support plate allowing rotational movement of the attachment plate. A locking mechanism is mounted to the support plate. The attachment plate defines a flange orientated substantially perpendicular to the plane of the tape blade with a keyway adapted to hold an attachment member with a corresponding key.
In order to simplify and improve the fly-back suppressor in a roll tape measure having a box-shaped housing 1, serving as a handle and made up of two rigidly interconnected halves 2, 3 of elastic plastic, an approximately dish-shaped drum 5 subjected to the force of a tension spring and mounted on a shaft 4 or a bolt 15, a measuring tape 9 wound onto the drum and a manually operable fly-back suppressor for the said tension spring. The housing 1 contains a brake body 12, 17 which rests against the drum under the effect of spring pressure and which can be operated from the outside.
An end hook for a power return tape measure includes a shank having a longitudinal axis and a catch extending from the shank at an angle to the longitudinal axis. The shank being arcuately shaped about the longitudinal axis, and has a plurality of rivet mounting holes, the mounting holes positioned on each side of the longitudinal axis and spaced laterally from the longitudinal axis. The fastening holes of the shank have a greater longitudinal spacing than mounting holes in a measuring tape so that movement of the end hook longitudinally toward an end edge of the free end of the measuring tape during a collision in power return causes the holes in the end hook nearest the end edge to contact the fasteners before the holes furthest from the end edge.
An improved versatile tape measure tool is provided, which consists of an elongated strip of tape marked off in a linear scale for taking measurements. A casing is for storing the tape therein in a coiled spring biased condition with the tape being extendable through a first end wall of the casing for measuring. A plurality of components are built into the casing, to help in the measuring and cutting to size of plasterboard, so that the plasterboard can be used to cover interior walls and ceilings.
The Right Perspective Drawing Tool invention consist of a typical tape measure with a housing enclosing a retractable coiled tape, tape tip, and locking mechanism with a suction cup attached to the bottom of the unit. The domed-top of the suction cup is inside the housing and the neck fits a hole in the bottom of the housing allowing the unit to swivel 360 degrees and suction onto a flat surface. This unit will allow students or professionals to draw the illusion of a building having a three-dimensional, realistic contour. What is new in the art to which this invention pertains is that the user can position the unit on a single point and draw all lines pivoting off the same point, like rows of bricks or siding, by simply sliding the tape up or down.
