Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr.. 1886
Complete Left, 15th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted. 15th Feb., 1887
1. WILLIAM CHESTERMAN of Bow Works, Sheffield in the County of York
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to means of holding the end of a measuring tape to the axis
by turning which it is wound, arranged in such a manner that the tape can be
introduced into the case or removed therefrom with facility, that in winding there
is no protuberance on the axis over which the convolutions have to bend, and that,
when in use, there is little or no risk of the handle and axis becoming detached from
the case.
For this purpose, I make the axis tubular with a longitudinal slit along
its side, I fix its upper part to which the handle is attached to turn in a recessed
bush fixed on one side of the case. And I pass through its centre from the end
at which the handle is, a screw which extends along the axis and is screwed into
a bush or nut at the other side of the case. I make a loop at the end of the tape,
and pass this loop into the interior of the tubular axis, the tape extending through
the slit thereof, and then passing the screw above mentioned through the loop of
the tape, the tape is thus held to the axis at the same time that the axis itself is
held in position in the case.
ABEL & IMRAY,
28, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.;
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, WILLIAM CHESTERMAN of Bow Works, Sheffield in the County of York,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My invention relates to means of holding the end of a measuring tape to
the axis by turning which it is wound, arranged in such a manner that the tape
can be introduced into the case or removed therefrom with facility, that in
winding there is no protuberance on the axis over which the convolutions have
to bend, and that, when in use, there is little or no risk of the handle and
axis becoming detached from the case. For this purpose I use the construc-
tion shown by the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1 and 2 shewing sections on
planes at right angles to each other. 1 make the axis A tubular with a longi-
tudinal slit a along its side; I fit its upper part to which the handle B is attached
or jointed to turn in a recessed bush C fixed on one side of the case, and 1
pass through its centre from the end at which the handle B is, a screw 1) which
extends along the axis and is screwed into a bush or nut E at the other side of
the case. I make a loop F at the end of the tape, and pass this loop into the
interior of the tubular axis A, the tape extending through the slit a thereof, and
then I pass the screw D through the loop F of the tape and screw it into the
bush E, the tape being thus held to the axis at the same time that the axis itself
is held in position in the case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is:
In the case of a measuring tape, the combination of the tubular axis A, slit at a,
the bush C, the central screw D passing through the loop F, and the bush or nut E,
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.