Line measuring device

Claim 1

A FISHING LINE MEASURING DEVICE COMPRISING A CASING, AN ALIGNED PAIR OF PULLEYS MOUNTED FOR ROTATION WITHIN SAID CASING, A COUNTER CARRIED IN SAID CASING AND ARRANGED TO BE DRIVEN BY ROTATION OF ONE OF SAID PULLEYS, AND ENDLESS BELT IN THE FORM OF A FLEXIBLE BAND OF RESILIENT MATERIAL ENCIRCLING SAID PULLEYS AND BEING IN DRIVING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, SAID BELT HAVING A NORMALLY FLAT, PULLEY ENGAGEING, INNER SURFACE AND TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED LINE GRIPPING MEMBERS FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH SAID BAND ALONG THE OUTER PERIPHERY THEREOF, SAID GRIPPING MEMBERS BEING DISJOINED BY A LONGITUDINAL, LINE RECEIVING, NARROW CHANNEL EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE BELT, EACH PULLEY HAVING A PERIPHERAL BELT ENGAGING SURFACE OF CONVEX TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTION FOR FLEXING CONCAVELY THE NORMALLY FLAT INNER SURFACE OF THE BELT TO THEREBY FORCE THE GRIPPING MEMBERS FROM A LINE GRIPPING RELATIONSHIP APART TO A LINE RELEASING RELATIONSHIP ON PASSAGE OF THE BELT OVER SAID PULLEYS, SAID CASING HAVING A LINE RECEIVING SLIT OVER A FLIGHT OF THE BELT BETWEEN THE TWO PULLEYS, DOWNWARDLY OPEN HOOKS EXTERIORLY OF SAID CASING FOR HOLDING THE LINE IN SAID SLIT AND GUIDING THE LINE BETWEEN THE GRIPPING MEMBERS ON THE BELT PASSING OVER SAID PULLEYS, WHEREBY LINE PULLED THROUGH SAID SLIT IS GRIPPED BY SAID GRIPPING MEMBERS ALONG SAID FLIGHT AND THE MOVEMENT OF SAID LINE CIRCULATES THE BELT TO THEREBY REGISTER SAID MOVEMENT ON SAID COUNTER BY ROTATION OF SAID ONE PULLEY.