Patent ID: 8151497
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: G09F,H01B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An identification device adapted for mounting on the free end of an insulated conductor, comprising: (a) a pair of generally-rectangular marking plates ( (b) tension means biasing said marking plates together toward said closed condition, thereby to define a marking plate assembly, said chamfered walls forming divergent slots ( (c) said plates being pivotally displaceable apart against the force of said tension means about the pivot axes at one end of said marking plate assembly from said closed condition toward an open condition in which said marking plates are arranged at an acute angle, whereby said marking plates are adapted to receive longitudinally therebetween the free end of a conductor ( (d) said marking plates being biased by said tension means such that upon release of the marking plates, said marking plates are displaced from said open condition toward a clamping condition in which said marking plates are adapted for parallel spaced longitudinal contiguous engagement with diametrically opposed circumferential surfaces of the conductor.