Device for measuring the distances and directions of destinations on road maps

Claim 1

In a device for measuring the distance and direction of destinations on road maps from a starting point for the input of intermediate destinations in navigation devices, comprising a transparent angle measuring plate (10) which has a central borehole (14) and a 360-degree scale (13) arranged concentrically relative to the central borehole and having a mark for the north direction for the beginning of said degree scale; a bracket (11) having one end area, another end area and a middle area and being supported at said central borehole (14) of said angle measuring plate (10) by said middle area (11a) so as to be rotatable and so as to extend in a plane-parallel manner relative to the angle measuring plate, said bracket carrying a measuring tape case (12) positioned at said one end area (11b); means for fastening said measuring tape case (12) on said bracket in such a way that said measuring tape case can be folded down out of a vertical working position toward said angle measuring plate (10), the improvement comprising said bracket (11) having a guide (20) at said another end area (11c) for the measuring tape (19) which can be drawn out of said measuring tape case (12), said guide (20) being arranged in such a way that said measuring tape (19), when drawn out, extends away radially in an outward direction with its one lateral edge over a center of said scale (13) on said angle measuring plate (10); means to lock said measuring tape case in the vertical working position on said bracket, said lock means including a projection (24) provided on said bracket, said fastening means including a housing accommodating said measuring tape case and supported on said bracket and being lockable by said lock means in said working position at said projection of said bracket.