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US 4,586,610 AGranted
Wire marker sleeve and assembly
AssigneeThomas & Betts Corporation
InventorPaul J. Gandolfo
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Abstract
A tubular wire marker sleeve is disclosed. The sleeve includes a central portion which is flattened by ultrasonic welding and end extents which are unflattened facilitating insertion of an electrical wire into the sleeve. Plural sleeves may be assembled on a support card for printing on the sleeve with a conventional typewriter or computer printer.
Claims22
A wire identification sleeve formed from a hollow member comprising a bonded flattened central extent intermediate the opposite ends of said hollow member and an unflattened extent at one end thereof.
A wire marking sleeve comprising:
- a length of flexible tubular plastic having a first end extent, a second end extent and a longitudinal central extent between said first and second end extents, said central extent being flattened and bonded along the longitudinal sides thereof.
A wire marker sleeve assembly comprising:
- a plurality of longitudinal wire marker sleeves, each having a longitudinally bonded and flattened central extent and unflattened extents at the opposite ends thereof;
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- a sleeve holding device comprising a flat planar member having two opposed planar surfaces, said holding device including a plurality of elongate openings through said planar surfaces accommodating therein said wire marker sleeves;
- said holding device further including adjacent each opening a pair of spaced inwardly directed tabs, extending into the unflattened end extents of said sleeves to retentively support said sleeves in said opening.
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