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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1989
Filed:
May. 09, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshio Shishido, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427261 ; 427286 ;
Abstract
A marking method for forming a mark on an outer surface of an insertable portion of an endoscope. The endoscope includes an outer cover having braided metal wires around which a fluorine-containing rubber is impregnated. A marking solution includes a urethane resin paint or an unvulcanized, fluorine-containing rubber (as a different color marking material) is dissolved in a ketone, ester or ether solvent which is applied to the outer surface and then baked or vulcanized at a temperature of 100.degree. C. or higher, to produce a mark having strong adhesiveness.