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uses tape measures that had been intended for use in tailoring or dressmaking had been produced from flexible cloth or plastic at this time measuring tapes produced for sewing are produced of fiberglass which does not tear or stretch as easily measuring tapes created for carpentry or construction sometimes use a stiff curved metallic ribbon that can stay stiff and straight when extended but retracts into a coil for handy storage this kind of tape measure will have a floating tang on the finish to aid measuring the tang will float a distance equal to its thickness to present both inside and outside measurements that are accurate a tape measure of 25 or even 100 feet can wind into a fairly compact container the self marking tape measure allows the user an accurate a single hand measure and mark devoid of an outside devise design the design on which most modern day spring tape measures are built was patented by a new haven connecticut resident named alvin j fellows on 14 july 1868 according to the text of his patent fellows tape measure was an improvement on other versions previously created the spring tape measure has existed due to the fact fellows patent in 1868 but did not come into wide usage till the early 1940s when it slowly began to supplant a prevalent folding wooden design of carpenter s ruler with the mass production of the integrated circuit ic the tape measure has also entered into the digital age with the digital tape measure some incorporate a digital screen to give measurement readouts in a number of formats there are also other types of tape measures that have incorporated lasers and ultrasonic technology to measure the distance of an object with fairly reputable accuracy united states justus roe amp sons began manufacturing steel tape measures in 1865 located in patchogue long island new york his original concept was to spot metal studs along lengths of wire justus roe produced the longest tape measure in 1956 and was presented to baseball hero mickey mantle it was 600 feet long some tapes sold in the united states have extra marks in the shape of compact black diamonds which appear each 19 2 160 inches 490 160 mm these are known as black truss markings and are utilized to mark out equal truss lengths for roofing supplies 5 trusses per typical 8 160 feet 2 4 160 m length of making material various tapes also have special markings each 16 inches which is the typical interval for studs in housing the self marking tape measure created by robert cole was creat ed in june 2003 references readers digest ten letters patent no 79 965 text accessed 26 fe uary 2006 external hyperlinks printable measuring tape on ebay s web-site v 160 160 d 160 160 e metalworking 160 tools cutting machines water jet cutter 160 band saw 160 cold saw 160 laser 160 miter saw 160 plasma cutting tools oach 160 burr 160 chisel 160 counterbore 160 countersink 160 finish mill 160 file 160 guillotine shear 160 hand scraper 160 milling cutter 160 nibbler 160 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