Marker tubing processing methods and apparatus
US6942404B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB26D3/168
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A processing system according to the present invention includes a printer that receives unprocessed marker tubing stock (i.e., multiple rows of uncut and unprinted tubing mounted on a carrier) for simultaneous printing of the marker tubing and the carrier with a single print head. A cutting device is configured to sever the marker tubing rows into sections, regardless of the width of the tubing and regardless of whether there are two rows or four rows of tubing. Since the tubing has its longitudinal axes aligned with a longitudinal axis of the carrier, activation of the cutting device can be controlled to sever sections of marker tubing in varying customized widths. In the same cutting stroke, the carrier can be scored or perforated (“perfed”). A rewinder or the like then takes up the severed and perfed stock.
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