An improved tape measure for making an internal measurement from a member between generally parallel members of the type having a tape coiled in a housing having a tape hook external to the housing on an unattached end portion of the tape, and measurement lines and numerals on a concave side portion of the tape which increment from the hook and which can be read when the hook is pulled from the housing, wherein the improvement comprises: a non slip device positioned along an outside face portion...

A tape cassette wherein, on one of the central upper portion of a reel and a pressure mechanism, there is disposed a center pin, on the other, there is formed a contacting flat plate portion with which the center pin can be contacted, one of the center pin and contacting flat plate portion is molded mainly of polyacetal-system synthetic resin, the other is molded mainly of polybutylene-system or polyethylene-system synthetic resin, and inorganic powder is added to at least one of these two kinds...

One aspect of the present invention concerns an ornamental tape configuration applied to a glass surface. The ornamental tape configuration includes first, second and third decorative tape strips applied to a glass surface. The second decorative tape strip is applied to the glass surface in a spaced apart relationship to the first decorative tape strip. The third decorative tape is applied to the glass surface between the first and second decorative tape strips such that edges of the third decor...

A tape reel includes a hub in a cylindrical shape around which a magnetic tape is adapted to be wrapped, an upper flange and a lower flange respectively provided at an upper end and a lower end of the hub. The tape reel is constructed in such a manner that a distance between the upper and the lower flanges outside the outer peripheral surface of the hub is gradually decreased, as the magnetic tape is being wrapped around the hub.

The invention provides a tape library wherein the accommodated number of cassette tapes can be adjusted freely. Where one or more expansion units are connected to a basic unit, when a transport mechanism is positioned within the basic unit, a control circuit section of the basic unit controls the position and operation of the transport mechanism with reference to a position reference point of the basic unit, but when the transport mechanism is within an expansion unit, the control circuit sectio...

A dispenser and method for applying self-adhesive tapes to surfaces of construction lumber, such that pieces of lumber can be accurately located to each other. The dispenser includes a frame comprising spaced-apart member and a roll of adhesive tape rotatably mounted between the spaced-apart members so that the tape is dispensed from the roll and travels toward a rearward end of the frame. Guides are pivotably attached to the spaced-apart members of the frame, with each guide attached so that a ...

A tape barrier, warning, or display composed of flexible material having generally parallel edges and substantially greater length than width with cuts made into the tape at intervals along the tape defining pennants and connecting bands. The tape may be any color or even transparent, and messages or images may be applied thereon. The tape is deployed by placing longitudinal tension or pulling on a segment. Upon deployment, the tape lengthens and the pennants drop. The appearance is of a series ...

The invention is a rotatable attachment for a conventional tape measure. The attachment can be used to measure angles. This attachment increases the utility of the tape measure, allowing both angle measurement and distance measurement with one device.

A tape dispenser comprising a hub unit and a housing that can be removed from the hub unit to dispense tape. The hub unit comprises a hub for holding a roll of tape, and two flanges, one on each of the opposite ends of the hub. One of the flanges optionally has a cutting edge along a portion of its outer periphery for severing tape pulled over the cutting edge. A plurality of tabs are provided generally adjacent the periphery of at least one of the flanges. The tabs tend to prevent accidental un...

A tape cartridge comprising a housing, a single tape reel around which a length of tape is wound and which is turnably held within the housing, a leader to which the beginning of the tape is secured, and a tape draw-out member by which the tape is pulled out through an opening formed in the housing into a recorder, characterized in that the leader is composed of a pin member, an elastomer clamp which is fitted around the pin member, a metal clamp fitted around the elastomer clamp, and a highly s...