EP0169079A1 - Dispositif pour appliquer des marques sur des fils - Google Patents

Dispositif pour appliquer des marques sur des fils Download PDF

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EP0169079A1
EP0169079A1 EP19850305175 EP85305175A EP0169079A1 EP 0169079 A1 EP0169079 A1 EP 0169079A1 EP 19850305175 EP19850305175 EP 19850305175 EP 85305175 A EP85305175 A EP 85305175A EP 0169079 A1 EP0169079 A1 EP 0169079A1
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wire
marker
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marker device
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Arthur Ernest Millard
Bernard William Smith
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Plessey Overseas Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01B—CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
    • H01B13/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing conductors or cables
    • H01B13/34—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing conductors or cables for marking conductors or cables
    • H01B13/344—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing conductors or cables for marking conductors or cables by applying sleeves, ferrules, tags, clips, labels or short length strips

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  • This invention relates to apparatus for inserting marker device onto wires.
  • the marker devices are usually sleeves which are both colour coded and number coded.
  • the number code is employed in case a person checking the colour code should be colour blind.
  • one, two or three marker sleeves are employed on each end of a wire.
  • the marker sleeves are separate from each other and it has hitherto been the practice for an operator manually to select a desired marker sleeve and to place that marker sleeve over the end of a wire. Such an operation is very time consuming and laborious.
  • this invention provides apparatus for inserting marker devices onto wires, which apparatus comprises storage means containing marker devices to be dispensed, transfer means for taking a marker device from the storage means and transferring it to a position where it is ready to be inserted over an end portion of a wire, and aperture means through which the wire is inserted to receive the marker device.
  • the storage means may comprise conduit means.
  • the transfer means may comprise a transfer disc, the transfer disc having a hole in it for receiving one of the marker devices, and the transfer disc being such that when it is rotated, the marker device in the hole is transferred from the storage means to the position where it is ready to be inserted over the end portion of the wire.
  • the disc may be sandwiched between a pair of stationary discs that act to prevent the marker device from falling out of the transfer disc as it is being rotated, the stationary discs being apertured to allow the end portion of the wire to be passed through them.
  • the aperture means may include an ejector sleeve for ejecting a wire that has been provided with a marker device.
  • the ejector sleeve may be operated consequent upon the end portion of the wire contacting a spool in the aperture means.
  • the apparatus of the invention may include guide means for guiding the wire as it is passed through the marker device.
  • the guide means may comprise jaws. Preferably, there are three jaws.
  • the marker devices may be separate devices or they may be connected together to form an elongate member. When the marker devices are connected together to form an elongate member, they are preferably partially cut at intervals so that they are easily separated from the remainder of the elongate member. This separation can be effected as the transfer means operates and takes an individual marker device from the storage means and transfers it to the position where it is ready to be inserted over the end portion of a wire.
  • the marker means may be sleeves or rings. They will usually be colour and number marked as in the case of known marker sleeves.
  • the apparatus of the invention advantageously includes a plurality of the aperture means so that a plurality of the wires can be provided with the marker devices.
  • the apparatus will include for each wire one of the storage means, one of the transfer means and one of the aperture means.
  • the apparatus of the invention may be such that it has ten wire marking stations.
  • apparatus 2 for inserting a marker device in the form of a marker sleeve 4 onto an end portion 6 of a wire 8.
  • the wire 8 has its covering 10 stripped at its extreme end 12 and this extreme end 12 constituted by the actual wire is twisted and soldered.
  • the apparatus 2 comprises storage means in the form of a conduit 14 for storing the marker sleeves 4.
  • the marker sleeves 4 can be separate from each other as shown in Figure 2 or they can be in the form of an elongate member which is partially cut to partially separate each marker sleeve 4.
  • the apparatus 2 further comprises transfer means in the form of a transfer disc 16.
  • the transfer disc 16 rotates on a central shaft 18.
  • the transfer disc 16 is provided with a hole 20 for receiving a marker sleeve 4 as shown in Figures 2 and 3.
  • the transfer disc 16 is sandwiched between a pair of stationary discs 22, 24.
  • the disc 22 is provided with an aperture 26 which is large enough to allow the marker sleeves 4 to pass through it and into the hole 20 in the transfer disc 16.
  • the stationary disc 24 has a smaller aperture 28 so that the marker sleeve 4 which is inserted in the hole 20 in the transfer disc 16 cannot get pushed right through the hole 20 and out the other side of the transfer disc 16.
  • the marker sleeves 4 can be moved forward into the hole 20 by an air flow passing along the conduit 14, through the aperture 20 and out through a conduit 30 on the other side of the transfer disc 16.
  • clamping means in the form of three jaws 32 come together to grip the wire 8 and help to guide it through the hole 20 and into the marker sleeve 4.
  • the clamping means release the wire when the wire has been provided with the marker sleeve 4 so that the wire can be withdrawn from the apparatus 2.
  • the apparatus 2 has a body portion 34.
  • the end 12 of the wire 8 is arranged to engage a central spool 36 which is located in the body portion 34.
  • the spool 36 is provided with a plurality of apertures (not shown) which are effective to direct the air flow as desired to cause various things to happen.
  • the air flow can be . arranged to open and close the jaws 32.
  • the air flow can also be arranged to move an ejector sleeve 38 to eject the wire 8 once it has been provided with a marker sleeve 4.
  • the wire 8 can be provided with several marker sleeves 4 in order to obtain a required code.
  • apparatus 40 which consists of ten sets of the apparatus 2.
  • the apparatus 40 comprises an overall housing 42 and the front face 44 of the housing 42 only has exposed ten sets of the jaws 32. It will be seen that the jaws are numbered nought to nine and they are each given an appropriate colour for indicating the colour of the disc that will be placed on the wire at each work station.
  • the apparatus 40 illustrated in Figure 4 can be provided with more or less than the ten work stations shown.
  • transfer means other than transfer disc 16 may be employed.
  • the apparatus may be electrically or hydraulically operated instead of being pneumatically operated as illustrated, and the apparatus can be virtually totally automatically operated if desired.

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EP19850305175 1984-07-20 1985-07-19 Dispositif pour appliquer des marques sur des fils Withdrawn EP0169079A1 (fr)

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GB848418589A GB8418589D0 (en) 1984-07-20 1984-07-20 Inserting marker devices onto wires
GB8418589 1984-07-20

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Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2595028A1 (fr) * 1986-02-21 1987-08-28 Ricard Claude Procede et dispositif pour poser automatiquement des manchons isolants sur les extremites de fils conducteurs
GB2197292B (en) * 1986-11-14 1990-10-03 Plessey Co Plc Marker sleeve applicator tool
US6875304B2 (en) 2003-04-17 2005-04-05 Brady Worldwide, Inc. Label applicator
US7014139B2 (en) 2003-04-17 2006-03-21 Brady Worldwide, Inc. Unwind spool assembly
US7178572B2 (en) 2003-04-17 2007-02-20 Brady Worldwide, Inc. Label wrapper block assembly
US7231952B2 (en) 2003-04-17 2007-06-19 Brady Worldwide, Inc. Label wrapper assembly

Citations (1)

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GB945363A (en) * 1959-11-06 1963-12-23 Permark Service Ltd Application of identification sleeves to electric conductors

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB945363A (en) * 1959-11-06 1963-12-23 Permark Service Ltd Application of identification sleeves to electric conductors

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PATENTS ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, unexamined applications, section E, vol. 1, no. 129, October 25, 1977 THE PATENT OFFICE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT page 5824 E 77 * JP - A - 52-64 685 ( HITACHI ) * *

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2595028A1 (fr) * 1986-02-21 1987-08-28 Ricard Claude Procede et dispositif pour poser automatiquement des manchons isolants sur les extremites de fils conducteurs
GB2197292B (en) * 1986-11-14 1990-10-03 Plessey Co Plc Marker sleeve applicator tool
US6875304B2 (en) 2003-04-17 2005-04-05 Brady Worldwide, Inc. Label applicator
US7014139B2 (en) 2003-04-17 2006-03-21 Brady Worldwide, Inc. Unwind spool assembly
US7178572B2 (en) 2003-04-17 2007-02-20 Brady Worldwide, Inc. Label wrapper block assembly
US7231952B2 (en) 2003-04-17 2007-06-19 Brady Worldwide, Inc. Label wrapper assembly

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