Cable marker device

Claim 2

In a cable marker device of the type including a plate, two individual elastically outwardly deformable arms integral with said plate and forming an open loop by means of which said marker device is adapted to grip a cable, an improvement comprising at least one bearing area adjacent an inner side of said plate adapted to face a cable, and a respective elastically deformable finger extending from an end of the respective arm remote from said plate and substantially into said open loop and towards said plate, and said fingers being separate and apart from one another and defining means for bearing on a cable and flexing with respect to said arms and away from each other so as to urge said bearing area towards a cable.

Claim 3

A cable marker device according to claim 1, having a median axial plane extending between said arms and through said plate and comprising two of said bearing areas on said inner side of said plate adapted to face a cable, there being one bearing area on each side of said median axial plane.

Claim 4

A cable marker device according to claim 1, wherein each of said arms has an extension of increased thickness at its free end.

Claim 5

A cable marker device according to claim 1, wherein each of said fingers has adjacent said end of the respective one of said arms a portion of reduced thickness through the intermediary of which it is linked to the respective one of said arms.

Claim 6

A cable marker device according to claim 4, wherein said portion of reduced thickness is offset towards the other of said arms and towards said plate.

Claim 7

A cable marker device according to claim 1, wherein a resultant gap between said ends of said arms remote from the plate has a curved, inwardly convergent profile with large radii of curvature.

Claim 8

A cable marker device according to claim 1, further comprising at least one notch on that surface of each of said fingers facing toward the other of said fingers to define the minimum width of an insertion gap between said fingers for a cable.

Claim 9

A cable marker device according to claim 7, wherein said notch has an asymmetrical profile such that, when said cable marker device is unstressed, one flank of said profile is substantially perpendicular to said median axial plane.

Claim 10

A cable marker device according to claim 1, wherein that surface of each of said fingers facing that of said arms which carries it is rounded with the concave side of its curve directed towards the interior of said open loop.

Claim 11

A cable marker device according to claim 1, wherein said plate projects beyond said arms in the lateral direction, on each side of said median axial plane, and has lateral end surfaces disposed obliquely relative to one another on an outer side of said plate which is adapted to face away from a cable.

Claim 12

A cable marker device comprising a plate, two individual elastically outwardly deformable arms integral with said plate and forming an open loop by means of which said marker device is adapted to grip a cable, at least one bearing area on that side of said plate adapted to face a cable, and a respective elastically deformable finger on each of said arms, extending inwardly of said open loop and towards said plate and adapted to bear on a cable so as to urge said bearing area towards a cable, and wherein said plate projects axially beyond said arms on at least one end of said plate, in the direction perpendicular to said open loop.

Claim 13

A cable marker device comprising a plate, two individual elastically outwardly deformable arms integral with said plate and forming an open loop by means of which said marker device is adapted to grip a cable, at least one bearing area on that side of said plate adapted to face a cable, and a respective elastically deformable finger on each of said arms, extending inwardly of said open loop and towards said plate and adapted to bear on a cable so as to urge said bearing area towards a cable, and wherein said plate projects axially beyond said arms on at least one end of said plate, in the direction perpendicular to said open loop.

Claim 14

A cable marker device according to claim 11, further comprising, on respective opposite surfaces of said plate perpendicular to a median axial plane extending between said arms and through said plate, complementary and cooperating male and female engagement devices extending in the direction perpendicular to said open loop, said female engagement devices being on the end on which said plate projects beyond said arms.

Claim 15

A cable marker device according to claim 12, wherein said female engagement devices are disposed in line with root portions of said arms.

Claim 16

A cable marker device according to claim 1, further comprising distinct engagement members joined integral with said plate and, carried by said engagement members, complementary and cooperating male and female engagement devices extending in the direction perpendicular to said open loop.

Claim 17

A cable marker device according to claim 14, wherein said engagement members are adapted to be readily detached from said plate.

Claim 18

A cable marker device according to claim 14, wherein said engagement members also constitute grip members.

Claim 19

A cable marker device according to claim 1, wherein said at least one bearing area incorporates at least one retaining edge.

Claim 20

A cable marker device according to claim 17, wherein said at least one bearing area incorporates a group of retaining edges comprising at least two retaining edges.

Claim 21

A cable marker device according to claim 18, wherein at least two of said retaining edges in each of said groups are of different heights.

Claim 22

A cable marker device according to claim 17, wherein said at least one retaining edge is disposed in the vicinity of root portions of said arms, where said arms are contiguous with said plate.

Claim 23

A cable marker device according to claim 17, comprising a plurality of retaining edges and wherein at least one of said retaining edges is directly formed on that surface of said plate adapted to face said cable.

Claim 24

A cable marker device according to claim 1, further comprising at least one elastically deformable tang on which is formed said at least one bearing area.

Claim 25

A cable marker device according to claim 22, wherein said tang projects from one of said arms.

Claim 26

A cable marker device according to claim 23, wherein said tank extends parallel to said plate.

Claim 27

A cable marker device according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of discrete ones of said bearing areas and wherein at least one of said bearing areas is generally smooth.

Claim 28

A cable marker device according to claim 25, wherein said at least one generally smooth bearing area has one edge contiguous with that surface of said plate adapted to face said cable.

Claim 29

A cable marker device of the type including a plate, two elastically deformable arms integral with said plate and forming an open loop by means of which said marker device is adapted to grip a cable, wherein the improvement comprises at least one bearing area adjacent an inner side of said plate adapted to face a cable, and a respective elastically deformable finger extending from the end of the respective arm remote from said plate substantially into said open loop, said fingers having free end edges forming means for elastically bearing against a cable and urging said at least one bearing area towards a cable, whereby a cable will be clamped exclusively between said free end edges of said fingers and said at least one bearing area.

Claim 30

A cable marker device of the type including a plate, two elastically deformable arms integral with said plate and forming an open loop by means of which said marker device is adapted to grip a cable, wherein the improvement comprises at least one bearing area adjacent an inner side of said plate adapted to face a cable, and a respective elastically deformable finger extending from the end of the respective arm remote from said plate substantially into said open loop, said fingers having free end edges forming means for elastically bearing against a cable and urging said at least one bearing area towards a cable, whereby a cable will be clamped exclusively between said free end edges of said fingers and said at least one bearing area.