Marking apparatus
AssigneeBowthorpe-Hellermann Limited
InventorRobin Louvel
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A marking apparatus for providing individual marker sleeves for cables is arranged to receive tubing and transport it lengthwise of itself past a marking head of the apparatus, the marking head being responsive to command signals supplied to it from a character generation unit to mark the tubing with required indicia or characters. Downstream of the marking head, a cutting mechanism is provided for severing or semi-severing the tubing according to the required individual marker sleeves.
Claims13
An apparatus for producing marker sleeves from a tubular member, said marker sleeves having a selected length and a selected indicia thereon, said apparatus comprising
- a backing member over which said tubular member passes as it moves in its longitudinal direction so as to temporarily become at least partially flattened as it moves thereover,
- a cutting means for at least partially cutting said tubular member into segments of a selected length, said segments providing said marker sleeves,
- a first transport means for supporting said tubular member between said backing member and said cutting means and being capable of moving said tubular member in its longitudinal direction from said backing means towards said cutting means,
- a marking means for applying a selected indicia on said tubular member as it moves over said backing member, said marking means being capable of applying a continuous mark on said tubular member in at least a direction transverse to its longitudinal direction, and
- a means for receiving orders specifying the selected indicia to be applied on the tubular member and for supplying corresponding control signals to said marking means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.