Apparatus and Method for Direct Printing on Corrugated Metal Clad Cable
AssigneeCerro Wire LLC
InventorJon KOPFER
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for direct printing on corrugated metal clad cable. The apparatus includes an entrance having one or more entrance rollers, a set of lower rollers, a series of printheads near the entrance, a UV curing station downstream of the printheads, one or more exit rollers, a print controller and a series of ink tanks. The entrance and exit rollers maintain the cable in proper position and alignment for the printheads. The method for printing provides for clear and legible printing on the cable.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
An apparatus for direct printing on corrugated metal clad cable comprising:
- an entrance having one or more entrance rollers;
- a series of lower rollers;
- a series of printheads near the entrance;
- one or more exit rollers;
- one or more print controllers;
- and
- a series of ink tanks,
- wherein at least one of the one or more entrance rollers, the series of lower rollers, and the one or more exit rollers comprise V-groove rollers.
A method for direct printing on corrugated metal clad cable comprising:
- providing a printing system having one or more entrance rollers, a series of lower rollers, a series of printheads, one or more exit rollers, and one or more print controllers;
- transporting the cable into the printing system, passing the cable through the entrance rollers and along the lower rollers;
- moving the cable past the printheads and printing one or more markings on the cable;
- and
- passing the cable through the exit rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.