CA1114604A - Sleeve marker assembly - Google Patents
Sleeve marker assemblyInfo
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- CA1114604A CA1114604A CA342,562A CA342562A CA1114604A CA 1114604 A CA1114604 A CA 1114604A CA 342562 A CA342562 A CA 342562A CA 1114604 A CA1114604 A CA 1114604A
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
- G09F3/04—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion
- G09F3/06—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion by clamping action
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01B—CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
- H01B7/00—Insulated conductors or cables characterised by their form
- H01B7/36—Insulated conductors or cables characterised by their form with distinguishing or length marks
- H01B7/368—Insulated conductors or cables characterised by their form with distinguishing or length marks being a sleeve, ferrule, tag, clip, label or short length strip
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10S206/00—Special receptacle or package
- Y10S206/82—Separable, striplike plural articles
Abstract
ABSTRACT
A marker sleeve assembly comprising a plural-ity of marker sleeves each joined to a longitudinal connecting member. The connecting member is formed integrally with the marker sleeves and is attached to the outer wall of each sleeve in the assembly. The marker sleeves are detachably joined to the connecting member so that an individual marker sleeve can be removed from the connecting member for application to an article.
A marker sleeve assembly comprising a plural-ity of marker sleeves each joined to a longitudinal connecting member. The connecting member is formed integrally with the marker sleeves and is attached to the outer wall of each sleeve in the assembly. The marker sleeves are detachably joined to the connecting member so that an individual marker sleeve can be removed from the connecting member for application to an article.
Description
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This invention relates to the ~leld of marker sleeves whlch have generally tubular bodies adapted to en-clrcle an artlcle, usually for identification purposes.
Marker sleeves are often supplied to the user as a group Or indlvidual sleeves, packaged in a bag or pouch.
Thls method Or packaging, however, has a disadvantage of maklng it lnconvenlent for a user to select a partlcular sleeve which he wishes to apply about an article.
It has also been proposed to supply a group of marker sleeves secured to an adhesive coated strlp. This iis shown in Unlted States Patent 3,351,190. Thls system ror as-sembllng a group Or marker sleeves ha~ ~everal disadvantages, lncludlng that lt requires additional processing steps in order to properly align a group of marker sleeve~ and apply them to the adheslve-coated strip, and that lt does not pro-vlde an erficient system that will allow registration o~ the group Or sleeves rOr application of identi~ylng lndicia.
It has also been proposed, see Unlted States Patent 3,491,472, to provide a group of marker sleeves wherein ad-~acent sleeves are connected together along small intercon-nectlng lands. The user can separate an lndividual sleeve ~rom the group by breaklng the lnterconnecting lands between lt and its nelghborlng sleeve. Thls system also has several disadvantages, It does not provlde an assembly Or marker sleeves whlch includes provlslon rOr the erflclent regi~tra-tlon o~ the sleeves rOr the appllcatlon Or ldentifylng in-dicla. Further, lt does not allow the user to select a sleeve from the mlddle Or the assembled group but, lnstead, he must sever the endmost sleeve from the assembly when he desires to apply a sleeve about an article.
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This invention relates to the ~leld of marker sleeves whlch have generally tubular bodies adapted to en-clrcle an artlcle, usually for identification purposes.
Marker sleeves are often supplied to the user as a group Or indlvidual sleeves, packaged in a bag or pouch.
Thls method Or packaging, however, has a disadvantage of maklng it lnconvenlent for a user to select a partlcular sleeve which he wishes to apply about an article.
It has also been proposed to supply a group of marker sleeves secured to an adhesive coated strlp. This iis shown in Unlted States Patent 3,351,190. Thls system ror as-sembllng a group Or marker sleeves ha~ ~everal disadvantages, lncludlng that lt requires additional processing steps in order to properly align a group of marker sleeve~ and apply them to the adheslve-coated strip, and that lt does not pro-vlde an erficient system that will allow registration o~ the group Or sleeves rOr application of identi~ylng lndicia.
It has also been proposed, see Unlted States Patent 3,491,472, to provide a group of marker sleeves wherein ad-~acent sleeves are connected together along small intercon-nectlng lands. The user can separate an lndividual sleeve ~rom the group by breaklng the lnterconnecting lands between lt and its nelghborlng sleeve. Thls system also has several disadvantages, It does not provlde an assembly Or marker sleeves whlch includes provlslon rOr the erflclent regi~tra-tlon o~ the sleeves rOr the appllcatlon Or ldentifylng in-dicla. Further, lt does not allow the user to select a sleeve from the mlddle Or the assembled group but, lnstead, he must sever the endmost sleeve from the assembly when he desires to apply a sleeve about an article.
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The object of the present invention is to provide an assembly including a plurality of marker sleeves which are each detachably connected such that either an endmost sleeve or one of the sleeves between the endmost sleeves may be removed.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a ~ -marker sleeve assembly comprising:
(a) a plurality of individual marker sleeves each having an outer wall which defines a hollow gen-erally tubular body which is to be positioned ~-about an article; and (b) a connecting member joined to the outer wall of each of the marker sleeves and extending longi-tudinally thereof, the connecting member being formed integrally with the marker sleeves; and (c) a longitudinally extending slit formed in the connecting member closely adjacent each marker sleeve, the slit extending partly through the connecting member; and (d) each marker sleeve in the assembly being in-dividually removable from the connecting member along the slit for application to an object while other marker sleeves in the assembly remain joined thereto.
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- 2a -In the drawings: -Fig. 1 illustrates a marker sleeve assembly accord-ing to the present invention in perspective view;
Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the assembly of Fig. l;
Fig. 3 is a side view of the assembly of Fig. l;
Fig. 4 illustrates the assembly of Fig. 1 in the condition while a marker sleeve is being removed therefrom;
Fig. 5 shows a marker sleeve from the assembly of Fig. 1 applied to an object;
Fig. 6 illustrates the present invention employed with a marker sleeve of a different construction than that of Figs. 1-5; and Fig. 7 illustrates the present invention with a different form of connecting member than shown in Figs. 1-6.
Fig. 1 illustrates a marker sleeve assembly 1 com-prising a plurality of marker sleeves 2, 3, 4 and 5 which are each joined to a longitudinal connecting member 6. ~he connecting member 6 extends longitudinally of the group of marker sleeves, and it is joined to the outer wall of each sleeve. As indicated in the cross sectional view of Fig. 2, - - . - :.. .. : : .: . ~ ............ - , , : : .::
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the marker sleeves 2-5 have an internal configuratlon in-cluding a pair of oppositely disposed inner webs 7, each connected at their ends to the interior surface of the outer wall of the marker sleeve and each separated from its ad~acent overlying portion Or the outer wall by an aperture 8. As noted below in connection with the discusslon re-latlng to Fig. 6, marker sleeves having other internal conflgurations may be employed in the marker sleeve assembly of thls inventlon. The sleeves can be of any desired slze, but they are often .1 inch to 1 inch or about 2.5 mm to 25 mm long and about 1/8 inch to 1 lnch or about 3 mm to 25 mm In diameter.
As 6hown ln Flgs. 1, 3 and 4, the marker sleeves 2-5 include tongues 10 pro~ecting from one end wall thereof and grooves 11 formed in their opposlte end wall which have a shape that mates wlth the pro~ecting tongues. When two or more sleeve~ are applied to an ob~ect, the mating grooves and tongues enable one sleeve to be appropriately aligned with its nelghbor. However, the end walls of the marker sleeves to be used in the assembly o~ the present lnventlon may have other conflguratlons, lncluding ~or example flat end walls whlch are perpendlcular to the longitudlnal axis of the sleeve, curved end walls or other shaped configurations whlch would permit interengaBement of a marker sleeve with its nelghbor.
As best shown in Fig. 2, the connecting member 6 lncludes a relatlvely narrow neck portlon 6A which is ~olned to each of the marker sleeves and a relatlvely larger ~lange portlon 6B which extends from the neck portion. The connect-lng member 6 thus has a generally T-shape.
The use of the marker sleeve assembly 1 is deplcted ln Flg. 4. When a user deslres to apply one of the marker sleeves about an artlcle, he merely grasps the selected mar-ker sleeve and peels it away from the connectlng member 6.
Thls ls illustrated ln connection wlth the endmost marker sleeve 2 ln Fig. 4. Thus the construction of the connect-ing member 6 should be such as to enable removal o~ a marker sleeve therefrom, l.e. the marker sleeves are detachably .
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~oined to the connecting member. A connecting member with a neck portion about .030 inch or about .75 mm wide and a flange portlon about .o80 inch by .025 inch or about .20mm by .06mm has been found useful, although other sizes may be employed. It should also be pointed out, however, th~t if the user deslres to select a marker sleeve other than the endmost one, such as the marker sleeve 4 of Fig. 1 for ex-ample, he can remove it from the connecting member 6 ln a similar manner but the other marker sleeves can remain ~oined to the connecting member.
The application of a marker sleeve to an article is illustrated in Fig. 5 wherein the marker sleeve 2, after having been removed from the assembly, is inserted about an an article 13 illustrated for exemplary purposes as an el-ectrlcal wlre having an outer layer of insulating material.
The article 13 extends through the hollow tubular body of the marker sleeve. Marker sleeves of the type illustrated wlll generally include alpha-numeric information such as the numeral 7 shown in Fig. 1 for the purpose of identifying the article to whlch Q marker sleeve is applied. The in-formation may include letters, serial numerals, trademark lnformation, etc. Al~o, the marker sleeves may have no Qp-plied indicia but instead be of selected colors to provide a color-coded identification. In some instances a marker sleeve of this type may be used solely for its insulation purposes when used in connection with an electrical wire or terminal, for example, in which event it need have no par-ticular color code or identifying alpha-numeric information.
Fig. 6 illu6trates the present invention employed with a marker sleeve having a different configuration than the sleeves 2-5 shown in Fig. 1. In this drawing, a gen-erally circular marker sleeve 15 is shown being Joined to a connecting member 6. The marker sleeve 15 has a smooth in-ternal configuration and it has flat end walls rather than the tongue and groove construction of the previous marker sleeves. The marker sleeves to be employed with the assembly of the present invention may have circular or oval cros~
sectional shapes, or other cross sections if so desired. They :
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may include an internal wall configuration which will pro-vide for engagement with an article to which a sleeve i8 ap-plied, or they may have externally formed grooves or ~olds such as round ln some other prior art sleeves. In any event, the marker sleeves have an outer wall which forms a general-ly tubular body having a noll~w interior through which an article is inserted when the sleeve is applied to the article.
The connecting member 6 a6 illustrated in Fig~.
1-6 has a generally T~shape. However, other configurations may be employed for the cross-sectional shape of a connect-ing member. Further, the connectlng member need not include a narrow neck portion as shown in Figs. 1-6, although this has been found to be a particularly use~ul structure. With reference to Fig. 7, a connecting member 6' is depicted as beinK ~oined to marker sleeve 16 which has an internal con-~truction the same as marker sleeves 2-5, there being a plurallty of marker sleeves 16 detachably ~oined to the con-necting member 6'. The connecting member 6' in this em-bodiment has a rectangular shape and doe~ not have a neck portlon. Among the other configurations which can be used for a connecting member are square, round or triangular cross-sectlonal shapes.
The marker sleeves to be employed with the assembly of the present invention are best formed from thermoplastic materlal which i9 extruded to develop the selected shape of the marker sleeve and to form the connectlng member a~ an element integral with the sleeves as shown ln Figs. 2 and 6. Suitable materials include thermoplastics, particularly, those which have suf~icient elasticity to allow the sleeve to expand slightly when lt is applied to an article. Speclfic materlals include polyvinylchloride homopolymers and cbpoly-mers, nylons, ABS materials, polyolefins such as polyethylene and polypropylene polymers and copolymers and fluorocarbons such as polytetrafluorethylene. Elastic materlal~ such as natural and synthetic rubbers, approprlately compounded t~
provlde the desired rigidity and slight elastic1ty may al~o be employed. When alpha-numerlc data 18 to be applied to a marker sleeve, it may be applled by prlntlng, hot stamplng, , :
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embo~sing of the sleeves or any other desired manner. If color coding i8 used as a means of identi~ication, the mar-ker sleeves should be of a material which can be readily colored such a~ by bledning coloring agents ~ith the ma-terial or applying a colored coating.
By employing an extruded plastic materlal for the construction of the sleeve assembly 1 of this invention a group of marker sleeves and a connecting member can be formed simultaneously and the connecting member formed in-tegral with the m~rker sleeves. When a T-shaped connect-ing member such a6 the member 6 shown in the dr~wings is em-ployed with the construction, the neck portion 6A thereof should be appropriately sized so that a user can readily separate a marker sleeve ~rom the assembly. If 80 desired the neck portlon o~ the connecting member may include a slit 20 (see Figs. 6 and 7) whlch extends partly through the neck portion and is positioned closely ad~acent each marker sleeve in the assembly. The slit 20 extends longi-tudinally of the assembly 1. The use of a slit in this fashion facilitates the removal Or a selected marker sleeve from the assembly.
The marker sleeve assembly di~closed herein has a number Or extremely useful technlcal advantages. Firstly, the user i6 rurnished with a string or group Or marker sleeres each ~oined to a connecting member instead o~ being ~urnl6hed wlth a pile or bag full of indlvldual markers. In thls respect, then, the connecting member performs a packag-ing ~unction so in that a user is provided wlth an ordered arrangement o~ marker sleeves which is very convenlent to use. Secondly, the individual marker sleeve~ in an assembly Or the present invention, may contain sequential alpha-numeric in~or~atlon. Thus, the marker sleeves 2-5 as shown in Fig. 1 may each have a series of numbers such as 1-2-3-4 or letters such a~ A-B-C-D, etc. It is inconvenient to pro-vlde thls ~eature when sleeve6 sre supplled a~ separate ar-tlcles. Thirdly, a user has the ability to remove an ln-terior marker ~leeve ~rom the assembly while the endmost marker sleeves remain attached to the connecting member, and :. --..
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he i8 not llmited to selecting only the endmost marker sleeve.ThuæJ one can select an individual marker ~leeve and yet pre-serve the integrity of the overall assembly. Fourthly, one of the problem~ of manufacturing marker sleeves is that Or obtaining proper allgnment of the sleeves when alpha-num-eric information i8 printed or otherwise applied to in-dividual sleeves. The connecting member of the assembly of the present invention provides a guiding element which can be used in connection with an appropriate device so that a strip of the material can be accurately advanced through a printing press or other apparatus and proper reg-lstration of the indicia with respect to an individual sleeve marker can be obtained. Also, the connecting member may serve as a gulde as an extruded tube is moved through suit-able die cutting apparatus to form individual markers out Or the tube. In these and other respects, the marker sleeve assembly of the present invention provides a new and u~eful construction which facilltates the manufacturing of marker 61eeves and which provide~ the user with a convenient pack-age from which lndividual markers can be readily selected and dispensed.
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The object of the present invention is to provide an assembly including a plurality of marker sleeves which are each detachably connected such that either an endmost sleeve or one of the sleeves between the endmost sleeves may be removed.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a ~ -marker sleeve assembly comprising:
(a) a plurality of individual marker sleeves each having an outer wall which defines a hollow gen-erally tubular body which is to be positioned ~-about an article; and (b) a connecting member joined to the outer wall of each of the marker sleeves and extending longi-tudinally thereof, the connecting member being formed integrally with the marker sleeves; and (c) a longitudinally extending slit formed in the connecting member closely adjacent each marker sleeve, the slit extending partly through the connecting member; and (d) each marker sleeve in the assembly being in-dividually removable from the connecting member along the slit for application to an object while other marker sleeves in the assembly remain joined thereto.
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- 2a -In the drawings: -Fig. 1 illustrates a marker sleeve assembly accord-ing to the present invention in perspective view;
Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the assembly of Fig. l;
Fig. 3 is a side view of the assembly of Fig. l;
Fig. 4 illustrates the assembly of Fig. 1 in the condition while a marker sleeve is being removed therefrom;
Fig. 5 shows a marker sleeve from the assembly of Fig. 1 applied to an object;
Fig. 6 illustrates the present invention employed with a marker sleeve of a different construction than that of Figs. 1-5; and Fig. 7 illustrates the present invention with a different form of connecting member than shown in Figs. 1-6.
Fig. 1 illustrates a marker sleeve assembly 1 com-prising a plurality of marker sleeves 2, 3, 4 and 5 which are each joined to a longitudinal connecting member 6. ~he connecting member 6 extends longitudinally of the group of marker sleeves, and it is joined to the outer wall of each sleeve. As indicated in the cross sectional view of Fig. 2, - - . - :.. .. : : .: . ~ ............ - , , : : .::
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the marker sleeves 2-5 have an internal configuratlon in-cluding a pair of oppositely disposed inner webs 7, each connected at their ends to the interior surface of the outer wall of the marker sleeve and each separated from its ad~acent overlying portion Or the outer wall by an aperture 8. As noted below in connection with the discusslon re-latlng to Fig. 6, marker sleeves having other internal conflgurations may be employed in the marker sleeve assembly of thls inventlon. The sleeves can be of any desired slze, but they are often .1 inch to 1 inch or about 2.5 mm to 25 mm long and about 1/8 inch to 1 lnch or about 3 mm to 25 mm In diameter.
As 6hown ln Flgs. 1, 3 and 4, the marker sleeves 2-5 include tongues 10 pro~ecting from one end wall thereof and grooves 11 formed in their opposlte end wall which have a shape that mates wlth the pro~ecting tongues. When two or more sleeve~ are applied to an ob~ect, the mating grooves and tongues enable one sleeve to be appropriately aligned with its nelghbor. However, the end walls of the marker sleeves to be used in the assembly o~ the present lnventlon may have other conflguratlons, lncluding ~or example flat end walls whlch are perpendlcular to the longitudlnal axis of the sleeve, curved end walls or other shaped configurations whlch would permit interengaBement of a marker sleeve with its nelghbor.
As best shown in Fig. 2, the connecting member 6 lncludes a relatlvely narrow neck portlon 6A which is ~olned to each of the marker sleeves and a relatlvely larger ~lange portlon 6B which extends from the neck portion. The connect-lng member 6 thus has a generally T-shape.
The use of the marker sleeve assembly 1 is deplcted ln Flg. 4. When a user deslres to apply one of the marker sleeves about an artlcle, he merely grasps the selected mar-ker sleeve and peels it away from the connectlng member 6.
Thls ls illustrated ln connection wlth the endmost marker sleeve 2 ln Fig. 4. Thus the construction of the connect-ing member 6 should be such as to enable removal o~ a marker sleeve therefrom, l.e. the marker sleeves are detachably .
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~oined to the connecting member. A connecting member with a neck portion about .030 inch or about .75 mm wide and a flange portlon about .o80 inch by .025 inch or about .20mm by .06mm has been found useful, although other sizes may be employed. It should also be pointed out, however, th~t if the user deslres to select a marker sleeve other than the endmost one, such as the marker sleeve 4 of Fig. 1 for ex-ample, he can remove it from the connecting member 6 ln a similar manner but the other marker sleeves can remain ~oined to the connecting member.
The application of a marker sleeve to an article is illustrated in Fig. 5 wherein the marker sleeve 2, after having been removed from the assembly, is inserted about an an article 13 illustrated for exemplary purposes as an el-ectrlcal wlre having an outer layer of insulating material.
The article 13 extends through the hollow tubular body of the marker sleeve. Marker sleeves of the type illustrated wlll generally include alpha-numeric information such as the numeral 7 shown in Fig. 1 for the purpose of identifying the article to whlch Q marker sleeve is applied. The in-formation may include letters, serial numerals, trademark lnformation, etc. Al~o, the marker sleeves may have no Qp-plied indicia but instead be of selected colors to provide a color-coded identification. In some instances a marker sleeve of this type may be used solely for its insulation purposes when used in connection with an electrical wire or terminal, for example, in which event it need have no par-ticular color code or identifying alpha-numeric information.
Fig. 6 illu6trates the present invention employed with a marker sleeve having a different configuration than the sleeves 2-5 shown in Fig. 1. In this drawing, a gen-erally circular marker sleeve 15 is shown being Joined to a connecting member 6. The marker sleeve 15 has a smooth in-ternal configuration and it has flat end walls rather than the tongue and groove construction of the previous marker sleeves. The marker sleeves to be employed with the assembly of the present invention may have circular or oval cros~
sectional shapes, or other cross sections if so desired. They :
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may include an internal wall configuration which will pro-vide for engagement with an article to which a sleeve i8 ap-plied, or they may have externally formed grooves or ~olds such as round ln some other prior art sleeves. In any event, the marker sleeves have an outer wall which forms a general-ly tubular body having a noll~w interior through which an article is inserted when the sleeve is applied to the article.
The connecting member 6 a6 illustrated in Fig~.
1-6 has a generally T~shape. However, other configurations may be employed for the cross-sectional shape of a connect-ing member. Further, the connectlng member need not include a narrow neck portion as shown in Figs. 1-6, although this has been found to be a particularly use~ul structure. With reference to Fig. 7, a connecting member 6' is depicted as beinK ~oined to marker sleeve 16 which has an internal con-~truction the same as marker sleeves 2-5, there being a plurallty of marker sleeves 16 detachably ~oined to the con-necting member 6'. The connecting member 6' in this em-bodiment has a rectangular shape and doe~ not have a neck portlon. Among the other configurations which can be used for a connecting member are square, round or triangular cross-sectlonal shapes.
The marker sleeves to be employed with the assembly of the present invention are best formed from thermoplastic materlal which i9 extruded to develop the selected shape of the marker sleeve and to form the connectlng member a~ an element integral with the sleeves as shown ln Figs. 2 and 6. Suitable materials include thermoplastics, particularly, those which have suf~icient elasticity to allow the sleeve to expand slightly when lt is applied to an article. Speclfic materlals include polyvinylchloride homopolymers and cbpoly-mers, nylons, ABS materials, polyolefins such as polyethylene and polypropylene polymers and copolymers and fluorocarbons such as polytetrafluorethylene. Elastic materlal~ such as natural and synthetic rubbers, approprlately compounded t~
provlde the desired rigidity and slight elastic1ty may al~o be employed. When alpha-numerlc data 18 to be applied to a marker sleeve, it may be applled by prlntlng, hot stamplng, , :
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embo~sing of the sleeves or any other desired manner. If color coding i8 used as a means of identi~ication, the mar-ker sleeves should be of a material which can be readily colored such a~ by bledning coloring agents ~ith the ma-terial or applying a colored coating.
By employing an extruded plastic materlal for the construction of the sleeve assembly 1 of this invention a group of marker sleeves and a connecting member can be formed simultaneously and the connecting member formed in-tegral with the m~rker sleeves. When a T-shaped connect-ing member such a6 the member 6 shown in the dr~wings is em-ployed with the construction, the neck portion 6A thereof should be appropriately sized so that a user can readily separate a marker sleeve ~rom the assembly. If 80 desired the neck portlon o~ the connecting member may include a slit 20 (see Figs. 6 and 7) whlch extends partly through the neck portion and is positioned closely ad~acent each marker sleeve in the assembly. The slit 20 extends longi-tudinally of the assembly 1. The use of a slit in this fashion facilitates the removal Or a selected marker sleeve from the assembly.
The marker sleeve assembly di~closed herein has a number Or extremely useful technlcal advantages. Firstly, the user i6 rurnished with a string or group Or marker sleeres each ~oined to a connecting member instead o~ being ~urnl6hed wlth a pile or bag full of indlvldual markers. In thls respect, then, the connecting member performs a packag-ing ~unction so in that a user is provided wlth an ordered arrangement o~ marker sleeves which is very convenlent to use. Secondly, the individual marker sleeve~ in an assembly Or the present invention, may contain sequential alpha-numeric in~or~atlon. Thus, the marker sleeves 2-5 as shown in Fig. 1 may each have a series of numbers such as 1-2-3-4 or letters such a~ A-B-C-D, etc. It is inconvenient to pro-vlde thls ~eature when sleeve6 sre supplled a~ separate ar-tlcles. Thirdly, a user has the ability to remove an ln-terior marker ~leeve ~rom the assembly while the endmost marker sleeves remain attached to the connecting member, and :. --..
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he i8 not llmited to selecting only the endmost marker sleeve.ThuæJ one can select an individual marker ~leeve and yet pre-serve the integrity of the overall assembly. Fourthly, one of the problem~ of manufacturing marker sleeves is that Or obtaining proper allgnment of the sleeves when alpha-num-eric information i8 printed or otherwise applied to in-dividual sleeves. The connecting member of the assembly of the present invention provides a guiding element which can be used in connection with an appropriate device so that a strip of the material can be accurately advanced through a printing press or other apparatus and proper reg-lstration of the indicia with respect to an individual sleeve marker can be obtained. Also, the connecting member may serve as a gulde as an extruded tube is moved through suit-able die cutting apparatus to form individual markers out Or the tube. In these and other respects, the marker sleeve assembly of the present invention provides a new and u~eful construction which facilltates the manufacturing of marker 61eeves and which provide~ the user with a convenient pack-age from which lndividual markers can be readily selected and dispensed.
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Claims (2)
1. A marker sleeve assembly comprising:
(a) a plurality of individual marker sleeves each having an outer wall which defines a hollow generally tubular body which is to be positioned about an article; and (b) a connecting member joined to the outer wall of each of the marker sleeves and extend-ing longitudinally thereof, the connecting member being formed integrally with the marker sleeves; and (c) a longitudinally extending slit formed in the connecting member closely adjacent each marker sleeve, the slit extending partly through the connecting member; and (d) each marker sleeve in the assembly being individually removable from the connecting member along the slit for application to an object while other marker sleeves in the assem-bly remain joined thereto.
(a) a plurality of individual marker sleeves each having an outer wall which defines a hollow generally tubular body which is to be positioned about an article; and (b) a connecting member joined to the outer wall of each of the marker sleeves and extend-ing longitudinally thereof, the connecting member being formed integrally with the marker sleeves; and (c) a longitudinally extending slit formed in the connecting member closely adjacent each marker sleeve, the slit extending partly through the connecting member; and (d) each marker sleeve in the assembly being individually removable from the connecting member along the slit for application to an object while other marker sleeves in the assem-bly remain joined thereto.
2. A marker sleeve assembly according to claim 1 wherein the connecting member is generally T-shape and - 8a -includes a narrow neck portion joined to each of the marker sleeves and a broader flange portion extending from the neck portion, said longitudinally extending slit being formed in the neck portion of the connecting member.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| US05/972,662 US4234090A (en) | 1978-12-26 | 1978-12-26 | Marker sleeve assembly |
| US972,662 | 1978-12-26 |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| CA1114604A true CA1114604A (en) | 1981-12-22 |
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Family Applications (2)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA342,547A Expired CA1128309A (en) | 1978-12-26 | 1979-12-21 | Marker sleeves |
| CA342,562A Expired CA1114604A (en) | 1978-12-26 | 1979-12-24 | Sleeve marker assembly |
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| US (1) | US4234090A (en) |
| EP (1) | EP0013827B1 (en) |
| JP (1) | JPS55124176A (en) |
| AU (1) | AU5417379A (en) |
| CA (2) | CA1128309A (en) |
| DE (1) | DE2963312D1 (en) |
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| EP0013827B1 (en) | 1982-07-07 |
| DE2963312D1 (en) | 1982-08-26 |
| JPS55124176A (en) | 1980-09-25 |
| CA1128309A (en) | 1982-07-27 |
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