JPH03101009A - Bar code cable - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically read a bar code for identification of a core wire through an optical sensor or the like by printing the bar code on a multicore cable insulator. CONSTITUTION:Ordinary cable structure is made by using five colors respectively of blue, peach, green, brown and dark gray for colors of core-wire insulators, and then putting red and black broken-line marks respectively on each of the insulators. Hereupon a black barcode 2 having various kinds of combination patterns is printed on a vinyl chloride series resin core-wire insulators 1 for copper wire 3 as a conductor so that the core wire can be identified by an optical sensor. Such a process of printing the bar code 2 on the core-wire insulator 1 like this makes automatic wiring possible through CIM not only to provide workability but also to eliminate any trouble about making wrong connection of a bar-code cable.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention mainly relates to the structure of cables used in connection between devices in switching equipment and the like.

[Conventional technology] FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the conventional cable structure shown in FIG. 2;

4 is the insulator body, 5 is the broken line printed on the insulator, 6
is a tin-plated annealed copper wire.As can be seen in the figure, the structure of conventional multicore cables uses several different colors for the insulator body 4, and a large number of red and black broken lines 5 are combined in concentric circles. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The above-mentioned prior art has problems such as no consideration being given to automatic reading of core wire identification.

An object of the present invention is to enable automatic reading of core wire identification using an optical sensor or the like.

[Means for solving the problem] Conventionally, dashed lines were printed on the colored insulator, so it was not possible to automatically identify the core wire, but as in the present invention, by printing a barcode on the insulator, an optical sensor can be used. etc., to enable automatic identification.

[Function] Conventional multicore cable structures use several colors on the core insulator color and print red and black dashed line marks on them.

In the present invention, it is possible to automate core wire identification using an optical sensor by applying several barcode prints 1 to 1 on the core wire insulator without the need to use several colors.

[Example] Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing an example in which a multi-core cable is used to wire a device, and 7 is a state diagram in which a core wire is wired to a press-fitting groove 8 in a housing made of synthetic resin. be. 9 is a cable clamp made of metal, and 10 is a jacket of the multicore cable.

Figure 2 shows the cable structure of a conventional example, and 4 shows the core wire insulators in five colors: blue, pink, green, black, and JK, and the red and black dashed line marks 5 are placed on top of them. 6 indicates a copper wire as a conductor.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the present technology, in which 1 shows a core wire insulation made of vinyl chloride resin with a bar code 2 applied in black, and 3 shows a copper wire as a conductor.

Since it has the above-mentioned configuration, the conventional core cable in Figure 2 has a core s1 due to the combination of the color of the insulator and the number of broken line marks! Because the wiring work was done separately, it took time to decipher the lines and was a factor in making incorrect connections.

With this technology, as shown in FIG. 1, by printing various combinations of barcodes on the insulator, core wires can be identified using an optical sensor, automatic wire attachment can be performed using CIM, etc., and the causes of incorrect connections can be eliminated.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, as mentioned above, when printing a bar code on the core insulator A, it is possible to automatically wire with CIM, which improves workability and prevents incorrect connections. The effects are very large, such as eliminating the need for worry.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a core cable with a barcode according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional core cable with broken lines, and Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the connection state of the cable core wires. FIG. Explanation of symbols 1...Core insulator, 2...Barcode, 3...#
jI line. 4... Core wire M1# body, 5... Broken line mark, 6...
#1 line. 7... Housing, 8... Pressure welding groove, 9... Cable clamp, 10... Cable branch.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A barcode cable that has a multicore cable structure and is characterized in that by printing a barcode on the insulator, the core wires can be automatically identified using an optical sensor or the like.