Patent · US Expired

Marking apparatus

US4506627A · kind A · utility

0Cited by
5References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 13, 1984
Grant dateMar 26, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 13, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29L2030/002
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A marking apparatus that is useful for marking a line upon a ridge protruding from a surface of a continuously passing elongated article is disclosed. A stylus member of the marking apparatus has a notch in its foot, through which the ridge on the article passes. A tracking arm member is pivotally attached to a bar member, and supports the stylus member, so that the stylus member can follow the track of the ridge even if the article wanders from side to side as it passes the marking apparatus. Marking fluid, stored in a reservoir, passes through a hollow tube and a bore through the stylus member which communicates with the notch in the foot of the stylus member.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.