Labeled armored electrical cable
AssigneeSouthwire Company
InventorsWilliam K. Hardin, Richard R. Miller, Henry L. Adams
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Abstract
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.
Claims21
A labeled armored electrical cable, comprising:
- at least one elongated electrical conductor;
- a metal sheath surrounding the at least one elongated electrical conductor, the metal sheath defining alternating peaks and valleys;
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- a plurality of labels secured to the metal sheath and spaced apart a predetermined distance along the metal sheath, each label conforming to respective peaks and valleys of the metal sheath, the labels comprising:
- a material having an adhesive surface and an opposite indicia surface;
- an adhesive layer disposed on the adhesive surface;
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- indicia disposed on the indicia surface and comprising alphanumeric characters indicating at least one characteristic of the armored electrical cable.
A labeled armored electrical cable, comprising:
- at least one elongated electrical conductor;
- a metal sheath surrounding the at least one elongated electrical conductor, the metal sheath defining alternating peaks and valleys;
- and
- a plurality of labels secured to the metal sheath and spaced apart a predetermined distance along the metal sheath, each label conforming to respective peaks and valleys of the metal sheath, the labels comprising:
- a material having an adhesive surface and an opposite indicia surface;
- an adhesive layer disposed on the adhesive surface;
- and
- indicia disposed on the indicia surface and comprising alphanumeric characters.
A labeled electrical cable, comprising:
- a cable body with an outermost sheath having convolutions defining alternating peaks and valleys;
- a set of machine-applied labels at spaced apart intervals along the length of the cable body, each of the machine applied labels having an attaching side and an opposed indicia side, the attaching side being attached circumferentially to an outer surface of the outermost sheath;
- indicia applied to the indicia side of each of the machine applied labels;
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- wherein each of the machine-applied labels at least partially conforms to the convolutions of the outermost sheath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.