Coilingbrake for tape-measure

Abstract

Abstract This brake is of the type comprising inertia blocks 14 which interact with a circular track 18 during rotation in a case 2 of a drum bearing a graduated tape. …<??>According to the invention, these inertia blocks 14 are arranged transversely in a housing 10 formed between one of the diametral walls 12 of the case 2 and the opposite cheek 3a of the drum, the housing comprising the cylindrical friction face 18, and are each arranged radially between, on the one hand, an internal cradle 15 which is integral with the drum, and, on the other hand, the free end 16a of an elastic tongue 16 which, essentially circular, is integral with the following cradle by its other end 16b, the end arranged downstream during winding, and is capable of coming into friction contact with the cylindrical friction face of the housing. …<IMAGE>…

Inventors

• 👤 André Bourrat

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