Patents Assigned to Homestar International, Inc.
  • Measuring apparatus with readout display
    Patent number: 5060394
    Abstract: A tape measure 20 includes a display window 24 for presenting a digital presentation of the measurement being made. The tape measure 20 includes an encoder 74 which provides for a combined absolute scale 95 and relative scale 105 for determining the measurement. Perforations 62 in the tape 26 are mated with pins 60 extending from a capstan 58 in order to cause the encoder 74 to send signals to a microprocessor 76. The microprocessor 76 processes the signal and displays the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Assignee: Homestar International Inc.
    Inventors: Larry A. Lincoln, Nicholas Vrionis, Donald E. Pezzolo, James W. Pfeiffer, Robert A. Wilk, John D. Scheff
  • Tape measure with a digital display
    Patent number: D319405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Homestar International, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas A. Brawne