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(11) EP 0 847 864 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
10.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.06.1998 Bulletin 1998/25

(21) Application number: 97310008.4

(22) Date of filing: 11.12.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B41J 3/407, B41J 2/325
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 11.12.1996 GB 9625705
26.11.1997 GB 9724862

(71) Applicant: BOWTHORPE PLC
Crawley, West Sussex RH10 2RZ (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Mathias, Timothy
    Staddcombe, Plymouth, PL9 9UW (GB)
  • Meech, Dominic Roger
    Henbury, Bristol, BS10 7AP (GB)

(74) Representative: Evans, Huw David Duncan 
Urquhart-Dykes & Lord, Three Trinity Court, 21-27 Newport Road
Cardiff CF2 1AA
Cardiff CF2 1AA (GB)

   


(54) Printed markers


(57) Printed markers for identifying electrical cables are formed by winding an elongate strip or flattened length of tubing 19 onto a reel 30, which is then mounted for rotation to a thermal transfer printer 25. The printer then prints markings onto the strip or tubing 19 as it advances past a print head 36 of the printer. The strip or tubing 19 may be formed with transverse lines of weakness at intervals along its length, to define successive markers.






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