Claims
- 1. A device for attaching coded messages of identification to wire strands and electric terminals comprising:
- elements of identification each comprising a coded message of identification;
- carriers including an elongated body and adapted to receive and carry each a series of elements of identification in a removable manner, with each individual carrier adapted to be mounted to a tooth of a respective comb at a minimum first step distance;
- a first comb having a first body with teeth arranged in parallel at two opposite sides of the first body and said teeth spaced at a second step distance;
- a second comb having a second body with teeth arranged in parallel at two opposite sides of the second body and said teeth spaced at a second step distance, where the second body is attached in a substantially parallel position to the first body to form a combined comb, such that there is generated an alternate sequence of teeth belonging to the first comb and of teeth belonging to the second comb, arranged on common elongated parallel teeth of the combined comb, and wherein the value of the second step distance is a simple multiple of a value of a first step distance disposed between the alternating teeth of the first comb and of the second comb on the combined comb, and wherein the teeth are adapted in their position of being uniquely associated with respective wire strands or electrical terminals.
- 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the teeth of the second comb are disposed at a level parallel to the level of the body of the second comb, but are displaced in a direction perpendicular to the second comb body by a spacing amounting to about the thickness of the first comb to allow for positioning of the second comb relative to the first comb such that the teeth of the first comb and the teeth of the second comb are disposed in a single plane.
- 3. Device according to claim 1, wherein the first comb forms a first half of the combined comb, and wherein the second comb forms a second half of the combined comb, and wherein the two halves are assembled and separated on joint faces, wherein the successive teeth of the combined comb belong, alternatively, to the first half or to the second half of the combined comb and are being separated from each other by a step distance.
- 4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first comb forms a first half, and wherein the second comb forms a second half, where the first half and the second half are assembled and separated by appropriate means on one or the other of joint faces of appropriate thickness, wherein successive teeth of the combined comb belong, alternatively, to one or the other half, and are divided on one half into pairs of two teeth, where the pairs are separated by a space interval capable of receiving a pair of two teeth belonging to the other half, and wherein the successive teeth are separated on the combined comb by the second step distance.
- 5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the teeth of the second comb are disposed in a manner such that all teeth of the combined comb are arranged on the same face once the two halves are assembled.
- 6. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a pick-up with at least two parallel arms, spaced at a second step distance which is identical to the second step distance of the teeth of the comb, whereby each of these arms possesses an extreme part capable of being threaded into the tubular section of the elements of identification and limited at the end opposite to the free end by a detent collar.
- 7. A device for applying coded identification messages onto wire strands and electric terminals comprising:
- partly tubular elements of identification;
- distinct carrier rows for supporting the partly tubular elements of identification, wherein the partly tubular elements of identification are disposed on the distinct carrier rows spaced relative to each other by a defined first step, wherein the elements of identification carry the same symbol on each carrier row, wherein carriers are capable of receiving each a series of elements of identification including a coded message of identification, and wherein each element of identification is capable of being coordinated to a respective wire strand and an electrical terminal in order to identify the respective wire or terminal;
- a comb with distinct teeth rows for supporting the carriers.
- 8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the teeth of the comb are arranged in parallel and spaced at a second step distance, where the value of the second step distance is equal to, or equal to a simple multiple of the value of a first step distance of the elements of identification disposed on the carriers, whereby these teeth conform to receive and carry, in a removable manner, said carrier rows for the elements of identification.
- 9. The device according to claim 8, wherein the comb is formed as a combined comb composed of a first comb section with a first set of teeth and of a second comb section with a second set of teeth, assembled and separatable along one or the other of joint faces.
- 10. The device according to claim 9, wherein the combined comb consists of two half comb sections and wherein successive teeth of the assembled combined comb belong, alternatively, to one or the other half and are separated on each half by a second step distance.
- 11. Device according to claim 10, wherein the teeth of one of the halves of the combined comb is arranged in such a manner that all teeth of the combined comb are arranged on one and the same face of the combined comb once the two halves are assembled.
- 12. Device according to claim 7, wherein the combined comb comprises two halves joined together by attachment means along a joint abutting face on each half, wherein successive teeth of the assembled combined comb belong, alternatively, to one or the other half and said teeth being divided on one half into pairs of two successive teeth having a spacing interval in between capable of receiving a pair of two teeth belonging to the other half, where successive teeth are separated on the assembled comb by a second step distance.
- 13. The device according to claim 12, wherein the teeth of at least one of the halves of the combined comb are transported in a manner so that all teeth are arranged in a single plane after attaching of the two halves to each other.
- 14. A comb structure for marking of wire harnesses comprising:
- a first comb having a first body of elongated shape, and having teeth disposed on two parallel and mutually opposed sides of the first body, where the teeth are disposed at a spacing distance to each other and wherein the first comb has a substantially flat surface to form an outer surface of a combined comb;
- a second comb having a second body of elongated shape and having teeth disposed on two parallel and mutually opposed sides of the second body, where the teeth are disposed at a spacing distance to each other, where the spacing distance between the teeth of the second comb is equal to the spacing distance between the teeth of the first comb, and wherein the second comb is adapted to be placed on a side of the first comb disposed opposite to the flat surface of the first comb;
- wherein the teeth of the second comb are disposed substantially in the same plane as the teeth of the first comb, and wherein the teeth of the second comb are staggered relative to the body of the second comb such that the body of the second comb is disposed next to the body of the first comb and such that the teeth of the second comb are disposed in a single plane together with the teeth of the first comb.
- 15. The comb structure according to claim 14, wherein the distance between neighboring teeth of the first comb and teeth of the second comb are all substantially equal.
- 16. The comb structure according to claim 14 further comprising:
- a third comb having a third body of elongated shape and having teeth disposed on two parallel and mutually opposed sides of the third body, where the teeth of the third comb are disposed at a regular spacing distance to each other, where the spacing distance between the teeth of the third comb is equal to the spacing distance between the teeth of the first comb or of the second comb, and wherein the third comb is adapted to be placed on a side of the second comb disposed opposite to the side of the second comb abutting the first comb;
- wherein the teeth of the third comb are disposed substantially in the same plane as the teeth of the first comb and of the second comb, and wherein the teeth of the third comb are staggered relative to the body of the third comb such that the body of the third comb is disposed next to the body of the second comb and such that the teeth of the third comb are disposed in a single plane together with the teeth of the first comb and with the teeth of the second comb.
- 17. The comb structure according to claim 16, wherein the distances between neighboring teeth of the first comb and teeth of the second comb and between neighboring teeth of the first comb and of the third comb are all substantially equal.
- 18. The comb structure according to claim 16, further comprising:
- a fourth comb having a fourth body of elongated shape and having teeth disposed on two parallel and mutually opposed sides of the fourth body, where the teeth of the fourth comb are disposed at a distance spacing to each other, where the spacing distance between the teeth of the fourth comb is equal to the spacing distance of the teeth of the first comb or of the second comb or of the third comb, and wherein the fourth comb is adapted to be placed on a side of the third comb disposed opposite to the side of the third comb abutting the second comb;
- wherein the teeth of the fourth comb are disposed substantially in the same plane as the teeth of the first comb and the teeth of the second comb and the teeth of the third comb, and wherein the teeth of the fourth comb are staggered relative to the body of the fourth comb such that the body of the fourth comb is disposed next to the body of the third comb and such that the teeth of the fourth comb are disposed in a single plane together with the teeth of the first comb and with the teeth of the second comb and with the teeth of the third body.
- 19. The comb structure according to claim 18, wherein the distances between neighboring teeth of the comb combined of the first comb, the second comb, the third comb, and the fourth comb are all substantially equal.
- 20. The comb structure according to claim 14, further comprising:
- attachment means furnished at the first body for attaching a second body to the first body.
- 21. The comb structure according to claim 14, wherein one of the teeth is formed substantially flat with a reinforcement ridge disposed in the middle of the back side of the respective tooth.
- 22. The comb structure according to claim 21, further comprising:
- label tubes disposed on one of the teeth, wherein the label tubes are formed as double tubes joined by a separating wall, wherein a first section of the double tube serves to confine labels and where a second section of the double tube surrounds the tooth.
Priority Claims (2)
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part application of another application filed June 13, 1988 and bearing Ser. No. 218,288 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,904,335. The entire disclosure of this latter application, including the drawings thereof, is hereby incorporated in this application as if fully set forth herein.
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