Patent ID: 6760979
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
A stop block device of a measuring tape, said measuring tape comprising of a right external casing, a left external casing, a buffering member, a wheel, a stop block button, and a latch bracket; wherein:the right external casing is integrally made of a plastic material and has (a) a central screw hole disposed at a center of a first inner layer of the right external casing, (b) a first screw hole at a front end of a lower edge of the first inner layer, (c) a tubular screw hole at a rear end of the lower edge of the first inner layer, and (d) a second screw hole at an upper edge of the first inner layer of the right external casing, said second screw hole having a circular first latch axle hole formed adjacent thereto in said first inner layer, said right external casing having two rectangular first latch plates disposed at the front end of the lower edge of the first inner layer, and a first stop block disposed between said first latch plates adjacent lower ends thereof, said first stop block having an outer side with a slanted surface; the left external casing is integrally made of a plastic material and has (a) a central axle protruded from a center of a second inner layer of the left external casing, (b) a first fixed screw pillar protruded from a front end of a lower edge of the second inner layer, (c) a second fixed screw pillar protruded from a rear end of the lower edge of the second inner layer, and (d) a fixed screw hole at an upper edge of the second inner layer, the fixed screw hole having a circular second latch axle hole formed adjacent thereto in said second inner layer, said left external casing having two rectangular second latch plates disposed at the front end of the lower edge of said second inner layer, and a second stop block disposed between said second latch plates adjacent lower ends thereof, said second stop block having an an external side with a slanted surface; the wheel having a concentric spiral flexible plate coiled at a central portion thereof, a wheel guard on each side of said wheel, and a ruler coiled around an exterior of said wheel, said ruler having a ruler head coupled to a front end thereof; the stop block button being integrally made of a plastic material and having a pair of latch wings respectively disposed on opposing sides of a middle section thereof, the stop block button having two triangular stop block cones extending from a center portion of an inner side thereof; the latch bracket being integrally made of a plastic material and having (a) a fixed axle rod transversally disposed at a top portion thereof, (b) a hollow latch groove formed in a middle section of said latch bracket, the latch groove having a slanted surface at a bottom edge thereof, and (c) a pair of stop block surfaces respectively slanting downwardly on a bottom of two sides of said latch bracket; a central section of the flexible plate of the wheel being sleeved to the central axle of the left external casing, and the buffering member has one side latched to a front end of a bottom of the left external casing with said ruler extending through said buffering member, an end of the fixed axle rod of the latch bracket being coupled to the second latch axle hole of the left external casing, one of the stop block surfaces of the latch bracket being disposed between said second latch plates, one of said latch wings being engaged with a front edge of said second inner layer, the buffering member having another side thereof latched to a front end of a bottom of the right external casing, an opposing end of the fixed axle rod of the latch bracket being coupled to the first latch axle hole of the right external casing, another of the stop block surfaces of the latch bracket being disposed between said first latch plates another of said latch wings being engaged with a front edge of the first inner layer of the right external casing; and, a plurality of screws separately passing through the central screw hole and said first, second and tubular screw holes of said right external casing for engaging a corresponding one of the central axle, said first and second fixed screw pillars, and said fixed screw hole of the left external casing to construct a measuring tape.