Portable electrical conductor marking mechanism and method of using same

A portable marking mechanism, comprising:

• a gun-like housing having a body with an electrical conductor guide disposed therein and an elongated palm gripping handle extending outwardly and rearwardly from said body, wherein said electrical conductor guide is disposed in plane substantially parallel with said elongated palm gripping handle;
• a trigger assembly mounted to said body for pivotal movement along an indicia stamping path between a non-inking starting position to an intermediate inking position and to a final conductor sleeve stamping position and back to said non-inking starting position;
• said trigger assembly including a finger gripping handle disposed at one of its end and extending outwardly and rearwardly from said body and a pair of support arms disposed at the other one of its ends for supporting therebetween an indicia stamping unit;
• an ink cartridge assembly including an ink cartridge carriage unit for supporting for pivotal movement within said body an ink cartridge unit;
• wherein said ink cartridge carriage unit helps to position said ink cartridge unit in said indicia stamping path to facilitate the transfer of ink to said indicia stamping unit;
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• an electrical conductor gripping block mounted for rectilinear movement into said indicia stamping path through said electrical conductor guide for gripping and guiding a sleeved electrical conductor into engagement with said indicia stamping unit at about said final conductor sleeve stamping position to facilitate stamping said sleeved electrical conductor with customized indicia.

A marking mechanism, comprising:

• a hand held housing having a hand grip, said housing being adapted for receiving therein a sleeved electrical conductor;
• a stamping unit mounted to a finger grip for pivotal movement within said housing, said stamping unit movable along an inking path between a resting non-inking position, an intermediate inking position, a final stamping position to facilitate stamping the sleeved conductor with customized indicia and back to said resting non-inking position;
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• a replaceable ink cartridge removably mounted in said housing and partially disposed in said inking path for transferring ink to said stamping unit prior to said stamping unit engaging said sleeved electrical conductor.