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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1999
John Nicholas Haggerty, Plymouth, GB;
Timothy Mathias, Plymouth, GB;
Dominic Roger Meech, Bristol, GB;
Spirent plc, West Sussex, GB;
Abstract
Printed markers for identifying electrical cables are formed by winding an elongate plastics strip or flattened length of plastics tubing,onto a reel,which is then mounted for rotation to a thermal transfer printer,The printer then prints markings,onto the strip or tubing,as it advances past a print head,of the printer,The strip or tubing,may be formed with transverse lines of weakness at intervals along its length, to define successive markers. The thermal transfer printer,comprises a transfer ribbon,carrying a releasable printing composition, which print composition comprises a first pigmentation material capable of penetrating into the plastics of the strip or tubing,and a second pigmentation material capable of adhering to the surface of the plastics of the strip or tubing