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US 8,540,836 B1Granted
Method for applying coded labels to cable
AssigneeSouthwire Company
InventorsWilliam K. Hardin, Richard R. Miller, Henry L. Adams
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AssigneeSouthwire Company
InventorsWilliam K. Hardin, Richard R. Miller, Henry L. Adams
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Flexible indicia bearing labels are placed on armored electrical cable at spaced apart intervals while the cable is being moving continuously from an armoring station to a takeup reel or accumulator. A label dispenser places labels in a U shaped recess of a body which is moveable toward engagement with the cable. Opposed rollers fold one edge of the label over into engagement with the surface of the cable and the other edge of the label over onto itself in overlapping relationship. The cable is passed through a heat tunnel to shrink the labels into tight engagement with the cable. A controller monitors movement of the cable and controls actuators for applying and folding labels onto the cable at spaced apart intervals.
A method for labeling armored electrical cable between an armoring station for said cable and a takeup reel for storage of said cable, the cable having an outermost sheath with convolutions defining alternating peaks and valleys, the method comprising the steps of:
A method for labeling metal clad armored electrical cable comprising plural elongated electrical conductors having a metal armoring strip wrapped thereover in helical convolutions to form an outermost circumferential metal cladding having repeated peaks and valleys along the length of said cable, said method being carried out by placing labels, the labels having a substrate with an attaching side and an opposed indicia side, to an exterior surface of said outermost metal cladding at spaced apart intervals between an armoring station wherein said metal strip is applied over said conductors and a takeup reel for said cable, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.