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US 7,698,998 B2Granted
Hand held marking mechanism for marking electrical conductors
OwnerWilliam Bourgeoisinventor
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Abstract
A portable cable marking mechanism includes a gun-like housing with a pivotally mounted trigger assembly for moving a stamping unit along a predetermined inking path to engage in sequence an inking pad of a replaceable ink cartridge for inking the stamping unit and then a cable sleeve for providing the cable sleeve with customized indicia markings.
Claims2
A hand held marking mechanism, comprising:
- a spring-loaded finger engagable trigger mounted for pivotal movement within a hand held housing having an electrical conductor stamping area;
- a customized indicia stamping unit coupled to said trigger moveable between an electrical conductor non-engaging position and an electrical conductor engaging position to facilitate transferring customized indicia to an electrical conductor disposed in said electrical conductor stamping area;
- a reversible electrical conductor supporting die having a supporting area for an electrical conductor with a circular sleeve and another supporting area for an electrical conductor with a rectangular sleeve;
- a die holder coupled to said trigger for moving said die along a path of travel from a first supporting position to a second supporting position to help facilitate guiding an electrical conductor into engagement with said stamping unit in said electrical conductor stamping area;
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- a spring-loaded ink cartridge having an ink load and mounted for engagement with said stamping unit at about said electrical conductor non-engaging position and pivotally moveable by sad stamping unit to further facilitate transferring customized indicia to the electrical conductor disposed in said electrical conductor stamping area.
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