Patent ID: 6906264

Claim:
A color coded armored cable comprising: at least one elongated flexible electrical conductor; and a metal armor sheath enclosing said conductor, said sheath comprising an elongated metal strip formed in continuous helical interlocked convolutions; a continuous, non-patterned, non-conductive color coating on the entirety of the visually observable outer surface of said sheath of a color different than the natural color of the metal strip; retention of the continuous, non-patterned, non-conductive color coating to the entirety of the visually observable outer surface of said sheath being enhanced by: the outer surface of said metal strip being abraded, dry film thickness of said color coating being in the range of 0.3 to 0.4 mils, said color coating having a polyethylene based wax lubricant in a percentage per unit volume of the color coating within a range of from 0.45% to 0.55%; and a coating on the entirety of the inner surface of said strip.