JP2001154581A - Identification implement for long-sized object - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow the easy mounting of an identification implement for a long-sized object on the long-sized object, to prevent the disengagement of the identification implement from the long-sized object by nabbing during the course of handling and to allow the application of fine displays like bar codes thereto. SOLUTION: A holder 18 has an opening 16 to be elastically engageably inserted with an electric wire 12A and is mounted to be put on the electric wire 12A. Since an identification sheet 20S is inserted into a flat hollow part 22A atop the holder 18, there is no need for directly printing the identification implement 10 with an identification display 21 and the fine displays like the bar codes may be distinctly applied to the implement. Stopper pieces 24 and 24' have functions to guide the electric wire 12A into the holder 18 and functions to stop the electric wire 12A inserted into the holder 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a long object discriminating tool for discriminating a long object such as an electric wire.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An identifier used for identifying a long object such as an electric wire has a function of being attached to and held on a long object such as an electric wire and a function of distinguishing the long object from each other. Required.

[0003] Prior art discriminators generally have a structure having a holding function and a discriminating function integrally (for example,
JP-A-5-128920, JP-T-8-50309
8, JP-A-7-320557 and JP-A-8-320.
No. 148039).

[0004] Of these, the discriminating tools described in JP-A-7-320557 and JP-A-8-148039 are disclosed.
Because it has the form of a tube,
Since the terminal must be fitted from one end of the electric wire, if the terminal is attached to the electric wire, there is a disadvantage that the terminal cannot be attached. In addition, the identification device in the form of a tube has a drawback that it is easy to move around the electric wire in the circumferential direction, and the identification display is turned to the back side, thereby deteriorating the identification function. However, even if it is stopped, it must be fitted while checking the display surface.

On the other hand, the discriminating tools described in JP-A-5-128920 and JP-T-8-503098 are of a type in which they are attached to an electric wire or the like from a circumferential direction, and therefore, the terminal is attached to the electric wire. However, there is an advantage that the identification tool can be attached.

[0006] However, since the discriminator described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-128920 merely covers the electric wire through the opening, there is a risk that the discriminator may get caught and fall off from the electric wire during transportation or other handling of the electric wire. .

The identification tool described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-503098 has a lock means for covering around the electric wire and mutually locking the opposite edges, so that the identification tool does not fall off. There is a drawback that the lock means protrudes largely around the electric wire and the discriminator becomes large.

[0008] Further, since each of the discrimination tools directly displays the discrimination indication on the discrimination tool main body, a dedicated printing jig is required, and it is difficult to print a fine display such as a bar code. There is a disadvantage that only a relatively large display of symbols, symbols, etc. can be provided, but the applicable range is limited.

[0009]

One object to be solved by the present invention is to provide an identification tool for a long object that can be easily attached to an electric wire and that can provide a fine display such as a bar code. To provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a long object discriminating tool which can be easily attached to an electric wire and does not come off from a long object by being caught during handling. is there.

[0011]

A basic object of the present invention is to provide an identification device for a long object which is attached to a long object and distinguishes the long object from each other. A holder having an opening to be inserted therein and a display body to be attached to the holder, wherein the holder has a display body holding portion provided on an upper surface thereof for holding the display body, wherein the identification for long objects is performed. To provide tools.

In the identification device for a long object according to the present invention, it is preferable that the holder has a pair of retaining pieces extending from both opening edges so as to approach each other in the holder. The pair of retaining pieces may be provided along the entire length of the opening edge of the holder, or may be provided at intervals.

The display is preferably in the form of a sheet, and the display holder preferably comprises a hollow portion into which the sheet is inserted. Further, the display body can be held in a folded state so as not to slide down in the hollow portion.

Further, the display body holding portion is not a hollow portion,
The display body may be formed of a pair of locking pieces for locking both side edges of the display body, or the display body is in the form of an adhesive sheet, and the display body holding portion is formed of a sticking surface to which the adhesive sheet is stuck. May be.

In any of the discriminators, the display body holding portion may have the same width as the holder or may have a different width.

As described above, when the identification tool has the holder having the opening into which the long object is elastically engaged, the identification tool can be attached to the electric wire so as to cover the electric wire or the like from above. The identification tool can be easily held on the electric wire even if is attached.

Further, since the holder has a display body holding portion for holding the display body on its upper surface, it is not necessary to directly print the identification display on the identification tool, and it is possible to easily and finely display a fine display such as a bar code. Can be applied.

When the holder has a pair of retaining pieces extending from both opening edges of the holder so as to approach each other inside the holder, these retaining pieces have a function of guiding the electric wire into the holder. Can be easily inserted into the holder, and the wires inserted into the holder are prevented by these retaining pieces. It can be effectively prevented from falling off.

Further, since the pair of retaining pieces are provided in the holder, the retaining means does not protrude significantly from the electric wire, and the size of the discriminating tool does not increase.

[0020]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 show a long object discriminating tool 10 according to the present invention. Electric wire 12A
And a display body 20 (see FIGS. 4A and 4B) to be held by the holder 18 having the opening 16 into which the long object 12 elastically engages. It has a display body holding portion 22 provided on the upper surface to hold the display body 20 detachably. In the illustrated embodiment, the display body holding portion 22 has a width larger than the width of the holder 18.

The holder 18 and the display body holder 22 are formed of a transparent and elastic plastic such as polycarbonate or polyolefin or other suitable material. Therefore, the elongated object 12 can expand the opening 16 while holding the holder 1.
8 is elastically engaged.

The opening 16 of the holder 18 has an opening dimension D1 smaller than the cross-sectional lateral dimension (diameter dimension D12) of the long object 12.
6 and the holder 18 has its open edges 14, 1
It has a pair of retaining pieces 24, 24 'that taper from the 4' into the holder 18 so as to approach each other. In the illustrated embodiment, the pair of retaining pieces 24, 24 'are provided along the entire length of the opening edges 14, 14' of the holder 18, but may be provided at intervals in the longitudinal direction.

The display body 20 is preferably in the form of an identification sheet 20S such as paper or a plastic film on which the identification mark 21 has been given.
In this embodiment, both ends into which the identification sheet 20S is inserted are formed of open hollow portions 22A. In the illustrated example, the hollow portion 22A is shown to be a flat hollow portion into which the identification sheet 20S can be inserted.
Any form in which the display body 20 can be inserted, such as a letter "", can be used. Identification sheet 20S
Needless to say, when inserted into the hollow portion 22A, it must have enough stiffness to overcome the frictional resistance with the surface inside the hollow portion.

Next, the use state of the identification tool 10 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described. A predetermined identification mark 21 such as a bar code, a symbol, or a character is previously provided on a long sheet to be a display body 20. Printing is performed by a printing machine, and the printing is cut for each identification display 21 to form a plurality of identification sheets 20S.

The identification sheet 20S is inserted into the flat hollow portion 22 as the display body holding portion 22 of the holder 18 of the identification tool 10.
The identification tool 10 is completed by inserting it into A at one end. Since the identification sheet 20S is prevented from coming off due to frictional resistance with the hollow portion 22A, the identification sheet 20S does not come off from the hollow portion 22A.

As shown in FIG. 5, the identification tool 10 is attached to the electric wire 12A so as to cover the electric wire 12A from above. More specifically, when the opening 16 of the holder 18 of the identification tool 10 is pressed against the electric wire 12A, the electric wire 1 is pressed.
2A is guided by the opposing tapered surfaces 24a, 24'a of the tapered retaining pieces 24, 24 'extending inward from both edges 14, 14' of the opening 16, so that the holder 18
Is inserted and held in the holder 18 while widening the opening 16.

When the electric wire 12A is inserted into the holder 18, the opening 16 of the holder 18 contracts in the closing direction due to the elasticity of the holder 18 and returns to the original opening state. Therefore, the tip of the pair of retaining pieces 24, 24 'is the electric wire 12A.
The identification tool 10 does not fall off from the electric wire 12A because the electric wire 12A is locked by being locked to the lower surface of the electric wire 12A.

The discriminating tool 10 can be removed by expanding the opening 16 of the holder 18 by hand or the like.
Can be released from the electric wire 12A and removed from the electric wire 12A.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the display body holding section 2
6, the identification sheet 20S was inserted flat into the flat hollow portion 22A, but as shown in FIG. 6, the identification sheet 20S serving as the display body 20 was folded and inserted into the flat hollow portion 22A with the display surface facing upward. May be. By doing so, the identification sheet 20S tends to spread in the hollow portion 22A, so that the frictional resistance in the hollow portion 22A further increases,
It is possible to more effectively prevent the identification sheet 20S from sliding down from the hollow portion 22A.

Another embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. In the embodiment shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 2 is not a form of a hollow portion, and can be inserted from above while inserting the identification sheet 20S as the display body 20 from one end and locking both edges thereof or bending the identification sheet 20S in the width direction. It consists of a pair of locking pieces 26, 26 '. In the embodiment shown in FIG.
Consists of a flat sticking surface 28 to which the display 20 in the form of an adhesive identification sheet 20D is stuck.

In the identification tool 10 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, as shown in FIG. 7B, the identification sheet 20S is formed by straddling the identification sheet 20S across a pair of locking pieces 26 and 26 '. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 7C, the identification sheet 20S can be engaged between the pair of locking pieces 26, 26 'from above while bending the identification sheet 20S in the width direction.

In the identification tool 10 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of predetermined identification marks 2 are placed on a long adhesive sheet with release paper.
1 is cut for each identification mark 21 to form an adhesive identification sheet 20D, and the release paper is peeled off and attached to the attaching surface 28 of the identification tool 10.

In the identification tool 10 of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, since the identification mark 21 of the display 20 is directly exposed to the outside, it is understood that the entire identification tool 10 does not have to be transparent.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show still another embodiment of the present invention. In the identification tool 10 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the holder 18 and the display body holder 22 have the same width. In the identification tool 10 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, the width of the display body holding portion 22 is smaller than the width of the holder 18. In addition,
In the discriminating tool 10 of FIGS.
Is in the form of FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, but it is needless to say that the form of FIG. 7 and FIG.

[0035]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS When the discriminator 10 of the present invention is used for wire identification, it can be of various sizes depending on the dimensions of the wires and the like, one example of which is shown in Table 1 below. In addition, all the discriminators were molded from polyolefin.

[0036]

[Table 1]

[0037]

According to the present invention, as described above, since the discrimination tool has the holder having the opening into which the long object is to be elastically engaged, the discrimination tool is placed over the wire or the like from above. The discriminator can be easily attached to the electric wire even if the terminal is attached to the electric wire.

Further, since the holder has a display member holding portion provided on the upper surface thereof to hold the display member detachably, it is not necessary to directly print the identification display on the identification tool, and it is possible to provide a fine display such as a bar code. Can be applied clearly and easily.

Further, when the holder has a pair of retaining pieces extending from both opening edges thereof so as to approach each other into the holder, the retaining pieces have a function of guiding the electric wire into the holder and a function of guiding the electric wire into the holder. It has a function to prevent the wire inserted into the wire, so that it can be easily attached to the wire and effectively prevented from falling off from the wire even if the identification tool gets caught during transportation or other handling of the wire. it can.

Even if the identification tool has a pair of retaining pieces,
Since this is in the holder, the retaining means does not protrude greatly from the electric wire, and the discriminator does not become large.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a long object identification tool according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the long object discriminator of FIG. 1 in a state where the discriminator is attached to an electric wire.

FIG. 3 is a top view in which a part of the long object identification tool of FIG. 1 is cut away.

FIGS. 4A and 4B show two examples of a display body used in the identification tool of the present invention. FIG. 4A is a plan view when the identification display is a bar code, and FIG. It is a top view when it is a symbol.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a state immediately before attaching the long object identification tool of FIG. 1 to an electric wire.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a state where a display body of a different form is inserted into the display body holding unit.

FIGS. 7A and 7B show different forms of the identification tool of the present invention, wherein FIG. 7A is a front view thereof, and FIG. 7B is a view for explaining one method of inserting a display body into the display body holding portion. Longitudinal section,
FIG. 2C is a front view for explaining another method of inserting a display body into the display body holding unit.

FIG. 8 is a front view of an identification tool according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the identification tool which is substantially the same as FIGS. 1 to 3, but has the same width dimension between the holder and the display body holding portion.

FIG. 10 is a front view of the identification tool which is substantially the same as FIGS. 1 to 3, but has a shape in which the width of the holder is smaller than the width of the display body holding portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Identification tool for long objects 12 Long object 12A Electric wire 14, 14 'Opening edge 16 Opening 18 Holder 20 Display body 20A Identification display 20S Identification sheet 20D Adhesive identification sheet 21 Identification display 22 Display body holding part 22A Hollow part 24 , 24 'A pair of retaining pieces 24a, 24'a Taper surface 26, 26' A pair of locking pieces 28 Attaching surface D12 Cross-sectional diameter of long object 12 D16 Opening of opening 16 T Thickness of discriminator L Identification tool length W1 Holder inner width Hh Holder height W2 Holder outer width Hi Display body holder height WO Display body holder outer width WI Display body holder inner width HA Display body holder hollow height θh Holder angle θr Retaining piece angle Hr Retaining piece height

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An elongate object discriminator attached to an elongate object to mutually identify the elongate object, wherein the elongate object is to be attached to the holder having an opening to be elastically engaged and the holder. An identifier for a long object, comprising a display body, wherein the holder has a display body holding portion provided on an upper surface thereof and holding the display body. 2. The identification tool for a long object according to claim 1, wherein the holder has a pair of retaining pieces extending from both opening edges thereof so as to approach each other in the holder. Characteristic identification tool for long objects. 3. The identification tool for a long object according to claim 2, wherein the pair of retaining pieces are provided over the entire length of the opening edge of the holder or at intervals. Identifier for long objects. 4. The identification tool for a long object according to claim 1, wherein the display body is in the form of a sheet, and the display body holder is inserted with the sheet. An identifier for a long object, comprising a transparent hollow portion. 5. The identification tool for a long object according to claim 4, wherein the display body is held in a folded state in the hollow portion. 6. The identification tool for a long object according to claim 1, wherein the display body holding portion is formed of a pair of locking pieces for locking both side edges of the display body. An identifier for a long object characterized by being made of. 7. The identification tool for a long object according to claim 1, wherein the display body is in the form of an adhesive sheet, and the display body holding section is provided with the adhesive sheet. An identification tool for a long object, comprising an attaching surface to be attached. 8. The long object identifier according to claim 1, wherein the display body holding portion has a width different from a width of the holder. Identification tool.