Device for marking a wire

A method for marking a wire, comprising the steps of:

• providing a marker with a hollow tubular body defining an imaginary longitudinal axis and an imaginary crosswise line segment extending crosswise across the longitudinal axis, said imaginary crosswise line segment having first and second crosswise line segment ends located on the hollow tubular body, said hollow tubular body being formed by first and second legs having first and second ends with the first ends hinged together by a hinge, said marker defining first and second opposed openings at the first and second crosswise line segment ends, respectively, when the first and second legs are in a hinged closed position;
• opening the hinge to move the first and second legs to a hinged open position in which the second ends of said legs are spaced apart from each other;
• sliding the second ends of said legs over the wire until the wire enters said diametrically opposed openings;
• then
• closing the hinge to a hinge closed position so that the wire is received in said opposed openings and the edges of the first and second legs at the opposed openings enclose and grip at least a portion of the wire to hold the marker on the wire.