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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2018
Encore Wire Corporation, McKinney, TX (US);
Mark D. Bennett, Dodd City, TX (US);
William T. Bigbee, Jr., Melissa, TX (US);
Stephen S. Griffin, McKinney, TX (US);
Encore Wire Corporation, McKinney, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for applying labels to cable or conduit including at least one label and a label applicator. The label applicator including at least one guide roller, at least one tamping device comprising at least one tamping pad for applying at least one label onto the moving cable or conduit, and a guide shoe assembly. The guide shoe assembly comprises a guide shoe, the guide shoe comprises a rounding member, a plurality of springs for providing flexibility to the rounding member when the moving cable or conduit passes the at least one guide shoe, a support mount for supporting the at least one guide shoe, a plurality of pivots disposed between the rounding member and the rounding member support for adjusting the set of springs, and a fitted member for providing an anchor for the at least one guide shoe to connect with the support mount.