MARK TUBE, PRINTER OF MARK TUBE, AND PRINTING METHOD OF MARK TUBE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new mark tube, a printer of the mark tube, and a printing method of the mark tube, in which a distinguishing mark indicated on the mark tube can be easily read even when an electric wire equipped with the mark tube is not only wired linear, but it is wired in a U-shape or changed.;SOLUTION: The mark tube 27 is externally fitted and inserted into an electric wire such as a cable for wiring in order to identify the wire. A peripheral surface of a tube 26 is printed with one identification mark "RC-2. " or "W2. " consisting of a character, a symbol, a figure, or a combination thereof. An arbitrary circumferential part of the tube 26 apart from the part printed with the one identification mark is printed with the other identification mark "RC-2. " or "W2. ", the other identification mark being the same as the one identification mark but printed in a vertically and horizontally inverted state.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT