US2840912A - Sleeve length measuring device - Google Patents

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July 1, 1958 A. MONTANA 2,840,912 SLEEVE LENGTH MEASURING DEVICE Filed Dec. 22, 1955 II I INVENTOR ANT/HON v Mo/v rmvn BY z.

ATTORNEY United States Patent SLEEVE LENGTH MEASURING DEVICE Anthony Montana, Jersey City, N. J.

Application December 22, 1955, Serial No. 554,791

Claims. (Cl. 33-2) This invention relates generally to a sleeve length measuring device.

An object of the invention is to provide a sleeve length measuring device which accurately, quickly, and with facility may be used by a tailor or fitter to determine or indicate the amount a sleeve is to be lengthened or shortened for a particular wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sleeve length measuring device of the character indicated which shall effect uniformity in sleeve lengths with relation to the length of the finger tips of a particular wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sleeve length measuring device of the character indicated which is of simple design and construction, accurate and foolproof in use, and inherently easy to operate.

Other objects of the invention will be set forth hereinafter, or will be apparent from the description and the drawings, in which is illustrated an embodiment exemplifying the invention.

The invention, however, is not intended to be restricted to any particular construction, or any particular arrangement of parts, or any particular application of any such construction or arrangement of parts, or any specific method of operation or use, or any of the various details thereof, even where specifically shown and described herein, as the same may be modified in various particulars, or may be applied in many varied relations, without departing from the spirit and scope of the claimed invention, of which the exemplifying embodiment, herein shown and described, is intended only to be illustrative, and only for the purpose of complying with the requirements of the statutes for disclosure of an operative embodiment, but not to show all the various forms and modifications in which the invention might be embodied.

On the drawings, in which the same reference characters refer to the same parts throughout, and in which is disclosed such a practical construction,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a sleeve length measuring device embodying features of the invention, shown in use in association with the hand and the sleeve of a wearer;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of a sleeve length measuring device embodying features of the invention, to enlarged scale, and with parts broken away to reveal structural details, with parts shown by dotted lines to illustrate different positions;

Fig. 3 is a detail vertical cross-sectional view of the upper part of the sleeve length measuring device as seen from line 3-3 of Fig. 5, and to further enlarged scale;

Fig. 4 is a detail vertical cross-sectional view of the upper part of the sleeve length measuring device as seen from line 44 of Fig. 5, and substantially to the same scale as Fig. 4;

Fig. 5 is a transverse cross-sectional view, to substantially the same scale as Figs. 3 and 4, as seen from line 5-5 of Fig. 2; and

, Fig. 6 is a transverse cross-sectional view, to substantially the same scale as Figs. 3, 4 and 5, as seen from line 66 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, there is shown a sleeve length measuring device 10 which is adapted to be associated with a wearers hand H and a sleeve S, as shown in Fig. 1. Device 10 may comprise a rigid support member 12 having a thumb piece 14 carried thereon and generally located adjacent the lower end 16 of member 12. The member may have a housing 18 located adjacent its upper end 20, and project laterally therefrom. Thumb piece 14 is slidable along member 12 toward and away from housing 18 to effect an adjustment, as, for example, to the dotted line position 14 thereof.

Thumb. piece 14 may include a thumb rest or platform 22, upon which the tip of the thumb is intended to be rested during a sleeve length determining operation. Piece 14 may have an opening 24 formed therethrough for extension of member 12 loosely therethrough in order that thumb piece 14 may slide along member 12. In order releasably to retain thumb piece 14 in an adjusted position along the length of member 12, said thumb piece may have a leaf spring 26 anchored to the piece within slot 24 by means of a rivet 28 or any other suitable means.

Member 12 may have a longitudinal groove 30 at one side thereof for reception of spring 26, which is thus permitted to slide along and be guided in groove 30 when thumb piece 14 moves along member 12. Spring 26 biases thumb piece 14 to the left in Figs. 1 and 2, and retains the thumb piece in engagement with member 12 in order frictionally to retain the thumb piece in the adjusted positions. A stop member 32 may be secured at end 16 of member 12 in any suitable manner to prevent the thumb piece from sliding off member 12.

Housing 13 may be constructed, if desired, as an integral part of member 12. It is intended to include a dispensing chamber 34 for the reception of powdered chalk 36 or any other suitable marking medium. Chamber 34 is in communication with dispenser outlet 38 (Figs. 3 and 5). Outlet 33 may be defined by a cover member 40, secured in any suitable manner at the outer end of housing 18, and a plate 42 interposed between housing 18 and member 40. Housing 18, plate 42, and member 4!} are integrated with each other in any conventional manner in surface-to-surface engagement so that outlet 38 is defined between member 40 and plate 42.

Plate 42 has an opening 44 in registry with and substantially coextensive with the cross-section of chamber 34. Plate 42 has an outwardly flared part 46 which, in conjunction with a companion outwardly flared part 48 of member 4 9, defines a passage St} between chamber 34 and outlet 38. Member 4% may have a pair of marginal ribs 52 depending into surface engagement with edge portions of underlying plate 42, so that the ribs define opposite sides of passage 50. Outlet 38, in the form of a thin elongated nozzle, when chalk is blown therethrough, is adapted to form a relatively thin uniform marking line on sleeve S.

' Member 40 is provided with a threaded opening 54 in registry with chamber 34. Threadedly engaged in opening 54 is a filler plug 56 which is removable for filling the chamber. Plug 56 is preferably provided with a knurled surface 53 to facilitate the manual rotation thereof. It will be apparent that any suitable structural arrangement may be utilized to form outlet 38, and to integrate the latter with its supply chamber 34, and that the specific arrangement described above, by which member 40 and plate 42 are integrated with housing 18, is given by way of example only.

Suitably secured in opening 60 of filler plug 56 is an end of a tube 62, to the opposite end of which is convent 66 to the atmosphere. Tube 62 may be secured to plug 56 and bulb 64 in any desired manner. Squeezing bulb 64 in the usual manner applies air under pressure through tube 62 to chamber 34 so that powdered chalk 36 may be stirred up by the air stream and caused to flow in a stream through passage Strand outlet 38.

Housing 18 may have a slot 68 formed in a side wall thereof. Slidably mounted in slot 68 is a graduated measuring element 70. A retainer plate 72 may be retained in position to overlay element 70 and slot 68 to prevent lateral displacement of element 70 from slot 63. Plate 72 may be secured to housing 18 by means of screws 74. Measuring element iii may comprise a shank 76 which may have graduations 78 provided on its face in suitable increments. Shank 76 may have a laterally projecting indicating finger 89 which may terminate in a pointer 82. Finger 80 is movable relatively to outlet 38, as, for example, from the solid line position 80 (Fig. 2) to the dotted line positions 80.

The tip of pointer 82 of finger 80 is shown as substantially vertically aligned with outlet 33. The upper edge 34 of plate 72 is shown in alignment with outlet 38, and may constitute an index line for graduations 78, in directly reading or indicating the distance between outlet 38 and pointer 82. Housing 18 may be provided with a kerf or recess 86 extending laterally from slot 63, for reception of finger 80, the finger engaging against the bottom of recess 86 when element 70 is in the position shown in Fig. 1.

In order releasably to retain measuring element 70 in the adjusted positions there is provided a clamping screw 88 which, when it is tightened, clamps element 70 against plate 72. Plate 72 is slotted, as indicated at 90, to provide clearance for screw 88 on movement of measuring element 70. Screw 88 may engage with end edge 92 of slot 90 to limit movement of measuring element 70 in one direction, while engagement of element 70 with recess 86 provides the other limit.

In practice, the thumb tip of the hand is rested on thumb rest 22 of thumb piece 14 in the manner shown in Fig. 1. The thumb piece is moved slidably along member 12 until the level of outlet 33 corresponds to the sleeve length desired. If the sleeve length is longer than desired, and thus requires shortening, bulb 64 is actuated to mark the desired sleeve length on sleeve S. Such actuation will produce a thin distinct uniform line on the sleeve. If the sleeve length is shorter than desired and thus requires lengthening, measuring element 7 is moved, as shown in Fig. 2, so that pointer 82 is brought to a level corresponding to the terminal end of the sleeve. Measuring element 70 may then be secured in this adjusted position by means of screw 83. The amount of lengthening required for sleeve S will then be indicated directly to be read from graduations 7S, calibrated in any desired manner, as disposed with reference to the index line defined by edge 84, the amount being the distance between outlet 38 and pointer 82. The desired adjustment of thumb piece 14 for one sleeve may be used for the other sleeve in order to assure attainment of uniform sleeve lengths with respect to the finger tips of the wearer.

Support member 12 may have a concave recess 94 along its longitudinal extent from its lower end 16 to housing 18, so that a portion of the thumb may be snugly positioned during the sleeve length measuring operation shown in Fig. 1. Housing 18 may have a smooth longitudinal curvature, indicated at 96, which tapers toward the adjacent end of recess M to conform to and interfit with a portion of the hand during such sleeve length measuring operation. Outlet 38 and pointer 32 project laterally from member 12 to the region of sleeve S when the thumb and hand are operatively associated with device 10. Thus device accurately, quickly, and facilely indicates to the tailor or fitter the amount of sleeve lengthening or shortening required to obtain the desired sleeve length.

Many other changes could be efiected in the particular constructions, and in the methods of use and construction, and in specific details thereof, hereinbefore set forth, without substantially departing from the invention intended to be defined herein, the specific description being merely of an embodiment capable of illustrating certain principles of the invention.

What is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A sleeve length measuring device, comprising a support member, a thumb piece and a dispenser outlet mounted in spaced relation on said support, the thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve i disposed, the outlet and the support being fixedly associated with each other, the thumb piece being movable along said support member toward and away from said outlet, the relative movement of the outlet and the thumb piece effecting adjustment to locate the outlet to determine a desired sleeve length when the thumb of a hand is positioned on said thumb piece, and means for dispensing a marking medium through said outlet.

2. A sleeve length measuring device, comprising a support member, a thumb piece and a marking device mounted in longitudinally spaced relation on said support member, the thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve is disposed, the marking device and the support being fixedly associated with each other, the thumb piece being relatively adjustable along said support member toward and away from the marking device, the relative adjustment effecting positioning of said marking device to determine a desired sleeve length when the thumb of a hand is positioned on said thumb piece and the thumb piece has been moved to an adjusted position.

3. A sleeve length measuring device, comprising a support member, a thumb piece and a dispenser outlet mounted in spaced relation on said support member, the thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve is disposed, the thumb piece being movable along said support member toward and away from said outlet, the relative movement of outlet and thumb piece effecting adjustment to locate the outlet to determine a desired sleeve length when the thumb of a hand is positioned on said thumb piece, and a measuring element disposed in relation to and movable relative to said outlet, said measuring element being movable to a position in alignment with the terminal end of the sleeve when the terminal end is short of said outlet to determine the required amount for sleeve lengthening.

4. A sleeve length measuring device, comprising a support member, .a thumb piece and a dispenser outlet mounted in spaced relation on said support member, the thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve is disposed, the thumb piece being movable along said support member toward and away from said outlet, the relative movement of the outlet and the thumb piece effecting adjustment to locate the outlet to determine a desired sleeve length when the thumb of a hand is positioned on said thumb piece, and a graduated measuring element disposed adjacent said outlet, said element having an indicating part movable longitudinally toward and away from said outlet on the side of the outlet opposite to that of said thumb piece, said part being movable to a. position in alignment with the terminal end of the sleeve when the terminal end is short of said outlet to determine the required amount for sleeve lengthening required.

5. A sleeve length measuring device, comprising a support member, a thumb piece and a dispenser outlet mounted in spaced relation on said support member, the thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve is disposed, the thumb piece being movable along said support member toward and away from said outlet, the relative movement of outlet and thumb piece effecting adjustment to locate the outlet to determine a desired sleeve length when the thumb of a hand is positioned on said thumb piece, and a measuring element disposed in relation to and movable relative to said outlet, said measuring element being movable to a position in alignment with the terminal end of the sleeve when the terminal end is short of said outlet to determine the required amount for sleeve lengthening, and means for dispensing a marking medium through said outlet for marking the desired length on the sleeve.

6. A sleeve length measuring device, comprising a longitudinally extending support member, a thumb piece and a dispenser outlet mounted in longitudinally spaced relation on the support member, the thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve is disposed, the thumb piece being adjustably slidable along said support member toward and away from said outlet to determine a desired sleeve length when the thumb of a hand is positioned on said thumb piece, means for dispensing a marking medium through said outlet, and a graduated measuring element adjustably slidable with relation to the outlet and longitudinally along said support member at a position adjacent said outlet, said measuring element having an indicating part movable relatively to said outlet on said sliding movement of said measuring element.

7. A sleeve length measuring device, comprising a longitudinally extending support member, a thumb piece and a dispenser outlet mounted in longitudinally spaced relation on the support member, the thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve is disposed, the thumb piece being adjustably slidable along said support member toward and away from said outlet to determine a desired sleeve length when the thumb of a hand is positioned on said thumb piece, means for dispensing a marking medium through said outlet, and a graduated measuring element adjustably slidable with relation to the outlet and longitudinally along said support member at a position adjacent said outlet, said measuring element having an indicating part movable relatively to said outlet on said sliding movement of said measuring element, said thumb piece, outlet, and indicating part extending laterally on the same side of said support member.

8. A sleeve length measuring device, comprising a longitudinally extending support member, a thumb piece and a dispenser outlet mounted in longitudinally spaced relation on the support member, the thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve is disposed, the thumb piece being adjustably slidable along said support member toward and away from said outlet to determine a desired sleeve length when the thumb of a hand is positioned on said thumb piece, means for dispensing a marking medium through said outlet, and a graduated measuring element adjustably slidable longitudinally along said support member at a position adjacent said outlet, said measuring element having an indicating part movable relatively to said outlet on said sliding movement of said measuring element, said support member having a longitudinally extending concave recess at one side thereof, the recess extending for a substantial length from said thumb piece toward said outlet for the reception of the thumb during the sleeve length measuring operation.

9. A sleeve length measuring device, comprising a longitudinally extending support member, a thumb piece and a dispenser outlet mounted in longitudinally spaced relation on the support member, the thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve is disposed, the thumb piece being adjustably slidable along said support member toward and away from said outlet to determine a desired sleeve length when the thumb of a hand is positioned on said thumb piece, means for dispensing a marking medium through said outlet, and a graduated measuring element adjustably slidable longitudinally along said support member at a position adjacent said outlet, said measuring element having an indicating part movable relatively to said outlet on said sliding movement of said measuring element, said support member having an enlarged part at one side thereof extending from the region of said outlet toward said thumb piece, said enlarged part having a longitudinal curvature at the inner end thereof to conform with a portion of the hand during the sleeve length measuring operation.

10. A sleeve length measuring device, comprising a longitudinally extending support member, a thumb piece and a dispenser outlet mounted in longitudinally spaced relation on the support member, the thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve is disposed, the thumb piece being adjustably slidable along said support member toward and away from said outlet to determine a desired sleeve length when the thumb of a hand is positioned on said thumb piece, means for dispensing a marking medium through said outlet, and a graduated measuring element 20 adjustably slidable longitudinally along said support member at a position adjacent said outlet, said measuring element having an indicating part movable relatively to said outlet on said sliding movement of said measuring element, said support member having a longitudinally extending concave recess at one side thereof, the recess extending for a substantial length from said thumb piece toward said outlet for the reception of the thumb during the sleeve length measuring operation, said support member having an enlarged part at said one side thereof extending from the region of said outlet inwardly to said concave recess, said enlarged part having a longitudinal curvature at the inner end thereof tapering toward the adjacent end of said recess for conformity with a portion of the hand during the sleeve length measuring operation.

11. A sleeve length measuring device, comprising a longitudinally extending support member, a thumb piece and a dispenser outlet mounted in longitudinally spaced relation on the support member, the thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve is disposed, the thumb piece being adjustably slidable along said support member toward and away from said outlet to determine a desired sleeve length when the thumb of a hand is positioned on said thumb piece, means for dispensing a marking medium through said outlet, and a graduated measuring element adjustably slidable longitudinally along said support member at a position adjacent said outlet, said measuring element having an indicating part movable relatively to said outlet on said sliding movement of said measuring element, said support member having an enlarged part at one side thereof extending from the region of said outlet toward said thumb piece, said enlarged part having a longitudinal curvature at the inner end thereof to conform with a portion of the hand during the sleeve length measuring operation, said enlarged part defining a dispensing chamber in fluid communication with said outlet.

12. A sleeve length measuring device, comprising a longitudinally extending support member, a thumb piece and a dispenser outlet mounted in longitudinally spaced relation on the support member, the thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve is disposed, the thumb piece being adjustably slidable along said support member toward and away from said outlet to determine a desired sleeve length when the thumb of a hand is positioned on said thumb piece, means for dispensing a marking medium through said outlet, 21 graduated measuring element adjustably slidable longitudinally along said support member at a position adjacent said outlet, said measuring element having an indicating part movable relatively to said outlet on said sliding movement of said measuring element, and means for releasably retaining said thumb piece and said measuring element in adjusted positions.

13. A sleeve length measuring device, comprisinga longitudinally extending support member, a thumb piece mounted adjacent one end of the support member, the support member having an enlarged part adjacent its opposite end, said thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve is disposed, said thumb piece being adjustably slidable along said support member toward and away from said enlarged part, a dispenser outlet laterally projecting at the outer end of said enlarged part, said enlarged part defining'a dispensing chamber in fluid communication with said outlet, means for introducing fluid pressure into said chamber for dispensing a marking medium from said chamber through said outlet, the position of the outlet on completion of adjustment being adapted to correspond to the desired sleeve length when the thumb is positioned on said thumb piece in the adjusted position, and a graduated measuring element adjustably slidable longitudinally relatively to said support member, said measuring element having a laterally projecting indicating part movable relatively to said outlet on sliding movement of said measuring element, said outlet and said indicating part having their terminal ends in substantial alignment.

14. A sleeve length measuring device, comprising a longitudinally extending support member, a thumb piece mounted adjacent one end of the support member, the support member having an enlarged part adjacent its opposite end, said thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve is disposed, said thumb piece being adjustably slidable along said support member toward and away from said enlarged part, a dispenser outlet laterally projecting at the outer end of said enlarged part, said enlarged part defining a dispensing chamber in fluid communication with said outlet, means for introducing fluid pressure into said chamber for dispensing a marking medium fromsaid chamber through said outlet, the position of the outlet on completion of adjustment being adapted to correspond to the desired sleeve length when the thumb is positioned on said thumb piece in the adjusted position, and a graduated measuring element adjustably slidable longitudinally relatively to said support member, said measuring element having a laterally projecting indicating part movable relatively to said outlet on sliding movement of said measuring element, and means for releasably retaining said 8 thumb piece and said measuring element in adjusted positions.

15. A sleeve length measuring device, comprising a longitudinally extending support member, a thumb piece mounted adjacent one end of the support member, the support member having an enlarged part adjacent its opposite end, said thumb piece providing means to receive the thumb of a hand on an arm upon which a sleeve is disposed, said thumb piece being adjustably slidable along said support member toward and away from said enlarged part, a dispenser outlet laterally projecting at the outer end of said enlarged part, said enlarged part defining a dispensing chamber in fluid communication with said outlet, means for introducing fluid pressure into said chamber for dispensing a marking medium from said chamber through said outlet, the position of the outlet on completion of adjustment being adapted to correspond to the desired sleeve length when the thumb is positioned on said thumb piece in the adjusted position, and a graduated measuring element adjustably slidable longitudinally relatively to said support member, said measuring element having a laterally projecting indicating part movable relatively to said outlet on sliding movement of said measuring element, said support member having a concave recess extending longitudinally from one end thereof to said enlarged part, said enlarged part having a longitudinal curvature at the inner end thereof tapering toward the adjacent end of said recess, said concave recess being adapted for the reception of the thumb during the sleeve length measuring operation with said longitudinal curvature being adapted to conform with a portion of the hand.

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