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US1987264A
US1987264A US703149A US70314933A US1987264A US 1987264 A US1987264 A US 1987264A US 703149 A US703149 A US 703149A US 70314933 A US70314933 A US 70314933A US 1987264 A US1987264 A US 1987264A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/34—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables
    • B65H75/38—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material
    • B65H75/44—Constructional details
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
    • G01B3/00—Measuring instruments characterised by the use of mechanical techniques
    • G01B3/10—Measuring tapes
    • G01B3/1084—Tapes combined with arrangements for functions other than measuring lengths
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/50—Auxiliary process performed during handling process
    • B65H2301/51—Modifying a characteristic of handled material
    • B65H2301/511—Processing surface of handled material upon transport or guiding thereof, e.g. cleaning
    • B65H2301/5115—Cleaning
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
    • G01B3/00—Measuring instruments characterised by the use of mechanical techniques
    • G01B3/10—Measuring tapes
    • G01B3/1003—Measuring tapes characterised by structure or material; characterised by layout or indicia

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  • This invention relates to a device for cleaning tapes, such as surveyors field tapes, or tape used to gauge oil tanks, the general object of the invention being to provide a device attached to a part of the supporting frame of the tape reel,
  • Figure 1 is an elevation showing the invention applied to a tape supporting member.
  • Figure 2 is a top plan view of the movable part of the device.
  • Figure 3 is a View looking toward the inner face of the stationary part of the device.
  • the device includes the elongated stationary part or plate 1 having a fiange 2 at its upper end and a pair of converging jaws 3 at its lower end and a barrel 4 intermediate its ends.
  • the upper part of the plate is formed with an opening 5 so that by removing the handle 6 of the supporting frame '7 of the tape reel 8, the screw which holds the handle in position can be threaded through this hole 5 and then when the handle is put back in place, the member 1 will be held in the position shown in Figure 1.
  • the movable member is shown at A and includes the substantially U-shaped part 9 having its upper end curving outwardly and receiving between the limbs thereof a part of the member 1 and this portion of the member A is pivoted to the member 1 by a pin 10 which passes through the limbs of the part 9 and through the barrel 4.
  • a finger engaging handle part 11 is formed on the bight of the part 9 and a second U-shaped part 12 has the ends of its limbs formed with the lower end of the part 9, this part 12 having its limbs slightly bowed downwardly with its bight 13 extending beyond the lower end of the part 1.
  • a clamping member 14 is located between the parts of the limbs of the members 9 and 12 where they join each other and hold the base part of a, resilient block 15. A similar block 16 is held between the jaws 3.
  • the tape B passes between the limbs of the part 9 and of the part 12 and between the resilient blocks 15 and 16 and by pulling upwardly upon the finger part 11 by the finger of one hand grasping the handle 6, the member A is swung to a position where the block 15 will press the tape against the block 16 so that the two blocks will act to clean the tape as the tape is drawn back upon the reel as the reel is rotated.
  • the weight of the plumb will cause the tape to pull the pads or resilient blocks apart, thus releasing the tape, the tension on the tape being controlled by the fingers holding the tape.
  • a tape cleaning device comprising a vertically arranged stationary member, a pad supported by said member adjacent its lower end, a substantially U-shaped member including upper and lower limbs, and a part connecting the limbs together, said limbs having openings therein for the passage of the stationary member and of a tape, means for pivotally connecting the upper limb intermediate its ends with an intermediate part of the stationary member, the free end of said upper limb forming a finger-engaging part, and a pad supported by the U-shaped member at the point of junction of the lower limb thereof with the connecting part thereof, said pads extending towards each other for engaging a tape drawn between the pads when the U-shaped member is rocked on its pivot by upward pressure upon the finger-engaging part.

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1935- w. D. McMAHAN 1,987,264
TAPE CLEANER Filed Dec. 19. 1953 1| 4 /J I i l I z Inventor Attorney Patented Jan. 8, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.
This invention relates to a device for cleaning tapes, such as surveyors field tapes, or tape used to gauge oil tanks, the general object of the invention being to provide a device attached to a part of the supporting frame of the tape reel,
with manually operated means for causing the tape to pass between a pair of resilient jaws which act to clean the tape.
This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.
In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:-
Figure 1 is an elevation showing the invention applied to a tape supporting member.
Figure 2 is a top plan view of the movable part of the device.
Figure 3 is a View looking toward the inner face of the stationary part of the device.
As shown in these views, the device includes the elongated stationary part or plate 1 having a fiange 2 at its upper end and a pair of converging jaws 3 at its lower end and a barrel 4 intermediate its ends. The upper part of the plate is formed with an opening 5 so that by removing the handle 6 of the supporting frame '7 of the tape reel 8, the screw which holds the handle in position can be threaded through this hole 5 and then when the handle is put back in place, the member 1 will be held in the position shown in Figure 1.
The movable member is shown at A and includes the substantially U-shaped part 9 having its upper end curving outwardly and receiving between the limbs thereof a part of the member 1 and this portion of the member A is pivoted to the member 1 by a pin 10 which passes through the limbs of the part 9 and through the barrel 4. A finger engaging handle part 11 is formed on the bight of the part 9 and a second U-shaped part 12 has the ends of its limbs formed with the lower end of the part 9, this part 12 having its limbs slightly bowed downwardly with its bight 13 extending beyond the lower end of the part 1. A clamping member 14 is located between the parts of the limbs of the members 9 and 12 where they join each other and hold the base part of a, resilient block 15. A similar block 16 is held between the jaws 3.
As shown in Figure 1, the tape B passes between the limbs of the part 9 and of the part 12 and between the resilient blocks 15 and 16 and by pulling upwardly upon the finger part 11 by the finger of one hand grasping the handle 6, the member A is swung to a position where the block 15 will press the tape against the block 16 so that the two blocks will act to clean the tape as the tape is drawn back upon the reel as the reel is rotated. The weight of the plumb will cause the tape to pull the pads or resilient blocks apart, thus releasing the tape, the tension on the tape being controlled by the fingers holding the tape.
It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.
It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.
What is claimed is:
A tape cleaning device comprising a vertically arranged stationary member, a pad supported by said member adjacent its lower end, a substantially U-shaped member including upper and lower limbs, and a part connecting the limbs together, said limbs having openings therein for the passage of the stationary member and of a tape, means for pivotally connecting the upper limb intermediate its ends with an intermediate part of the stationary member, the free end of said upper limb forming a finger-engaging part, and a pad supported by the U-shaped member at the point of junction of the lower limb thereof with the connecting part thereof, said pads extending towards each other for engaging a tape drawn between the pads when the U-shaped member is rocked on its pivot by upward pressure upon the finger-engaging part.
WALKER DUNCAN MCMAHAN.
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Cited By (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2497471A (en) * 1947-09-10 1950-02-14 Nathan H Shillman Tape construction
US2582405A (en) * 1945-04-17 1952-01-15 Auchard Dwight Moody Stud and joist layout instrument
US10012489B2 (en) 2015-04-02 2018-07-03 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation Tape measure
USD902060S1 (en) 2018-12-18 2020-11-17 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation Tape measure
USD1047722S1 (en) 2022-12-09 2024-10-22 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation Tape measure

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2582405A (en) * 1945-04-17 1952-01-15 Auchard Dwight Moody Stud and joist layout instrument
US2497471A (en) * 1947-09-10 1950-02-14 Nathan H Shillman Tape construction
US10012489B2 (en) 2015-04-02 2018-07-03 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation Tape measure
US10690472B2 (en) 2015-04-02 2020-06-23 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation Tape measure
US10859362B2 (en) 2015-04-02 2020-12-08 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation Tape measure
US11353311B2 (en) 2015-04-02 2022-06-07 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation Tape measure
USD902060S1 (en) 2018-12-18 2020-11-17 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation Tape measure
USD974199S1 (en) 2018-12-18 2023-01-03 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation Tape measure
USD1047722S1 (en) 2022-12-09 2024-10-22 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation Tape measure

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