Patent ID: 8074347

Claim:
A cabling sorting threader and labeling tool for sorting and labeling both the beginning and terminating ends of voice and data cabling being installed in horizontal runs of a building's structured cabling system, comprising: a cable labeling system; and a cable sorting threader vertically aligned with the cable labeling system, the structured cabling sorting threader comprised of a vertical section with horizontally spaced apart holes located on the vertical section, the holes sized to pass individual voice and data cables therethrough, the cable labeling system comprising a horizontal element configured and arranged to initially receive plural cable labels along a length of the element for simultaneously aligning two adjacent cable labels vertically over each of the holes for subsequent transfer of each cable label to opposite ends of a corresponding cable passing through each hole, wherein, the structured cabling sorting threader is located vertically over the cable labeling system, and the cable labeling system comprises at least one movable fin configured and arranged to i) initially receive plural cable labels along a length of the movable fin with the fin being located below the cabling sorting threader, and ii) relocate the movable fin vertically over the cable labeling system to relocate the placed plural cable labels for simultaneously aligning two adjacent cable labels vertically over each of the holes for subsequent transfer of each cable label to opposite ends of a corresponding cable passing through each hole.