A method for applying labels to a cable or conduit with a known circumference, the method including supplying at least one label, wherein the at least one label has a known label height, the label height is greater than the known circumference of the cable or conduit, and the label has a bottom, middle, and top portions, providing at least one tamping device, tamping the middle portion of the at least one label to the cable or conduit with the at least one tamping device, wherein the middle portion of the at least one label adheres to the cable or conduit, providing a guide shoe assembly, pressing the top portion of the at least one label against the cable or conduit with the guide shoe assembly, and pressing the bottom portion of the at least one label against the cable or conduit with the guide shoe assembly, wherein the top portion of the at least one label and the bottom portion of the at least one label overlap after pressed onto the cable or conduit. Further, wherein the step of providing a guide shoe assembly includes providing at least one guide shoe connected to a support mount and providing a rounding member.

In a medium conveyed in a first direction, a first slit has a square shape including first, second, third, and fourth sides. A second slit is positioned downstream from the first slit in the first direction and has a square shape including fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth sides. The first, second, fifth, and sixth sides are parallel to the first direction. The third, fourth, seventh, and eighth sides are parallel to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The third and seventh sides are positioned upstream from the fourth and eighth sides in the first direction, respectively. A first print label spans across the first and second sides. A second print label spans across the fifth and sixth sides. A mark has an upstream edge in the first direction positioned downstream from the fourth side and a downstream edge in the first direction positioned upstream from the seventh side.

A medium to be mounted in and to be printed with a printer includes: a release material; a slit; and a print label. The release material is opaque. The slit is provided in the release material and has a square shape including a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side. The first side and the second side oppose each other. The third side and the fourth side oppose each other. The print label is fixed to the release material so as to span across the first side of the slit.

Wire rope tube tags are described that include chemically etched wire rope information on an outer surface of the tube tag. A flat sheet of metal may be etched to include wire rope-related information on a surface of the flat sheet of metal that may then be folded into a desired shape, such as a cubic tube, spherical tube, triangular tube, etc., to create a wire rope tube tag with the wire rope information on the outer surface of the tag. Several methods for attaching the folded tube tag are provided, including one or more holes located through the body of the tube tag through which a wire thread or zip tie may pass and one or more tabs extending from the tube tag that may be bent toward or angled toward the wire rope sling to pinch the wire rope and hold the tag in place.

A tie article that includes an attachment portion and a bib portion, where the bib portion includes at least one arm segment and at least one closure device (e.g., a retention wire, tin tie, clasp tie, and the like), where the attachment portion and the bib portion are integrally fabricated from a printed sheet having a first surface and a polymeric film adhered to the first surface of the printed sheet such that the closure device(s) is disposed between the first surface of the printed sheet and the polymeric film at the attachment portion. Multiple tie articles may be manufactured with an in-line process.

An inlay or identifier element system for identifying and/or matching corresponding parts of an apparatus includes a color coding or other indicia on a visible surface of an inlay and a pocket formed in a surface of the apparatus. The inlay is inserted in the pocket, which is positioned to identify a first part of the apparatus. A matching color coding or indicia is on a second part of the apparatus to be coupled to the first part. The visible surface of the inlay is flush with or sub flush with a portion of the surface of the apparatus that surrounds the pocket.

A label includes (a) a base segment, (b) a first lobe segment comprising at least one protruding member and a pull tab, (c) a second lobe segment comprising at least one protruding member, (d) a first cutout segment, (e) a second cutout segment, (f) a first perforation forming a boundary between the base and first lobe segments, (g) a second perforation forming a boundary between the base and second lobe segments, and (h) a third perforation forming a boundary between the first lobe segment and its at least one protruding member. The first and second lobe segments are connected to the base segment and opposed to one another. The first and second cutout segments separate the at least one protruding member of the first and second lobe segments, respectively, from the base segment. The label comprises at least (A) a facesheet layer and (B) an adhesive layer.

A medium includes a base layer and a separation layer. First to fifth regions are defined in the medium along a first direction in this order. Portions of the base layer which are in contact with the separation layer are stickable in at least a part of the first region and the fifth region and are not stickable in the second region and the fourth region. A length, in a second direction, of a second-side end portion of the fifth region in the first direction is less than a length, in the second direction, of a first-side end portion of the third region in the first direction. A length, in the second direction, of a first-side end portion of the fifth region in the first direction is less than the length, in the second direction, of the second-side end portion of the fifth region in the first direction.

Indicia elements are added to telecommunications components to identify the source of the telecommunications component. Indicia elements can include at least one of a logo, a specific color (e.g. a color different from a non-indicative base color of the telecommunications component), text information, a barcode, a QR code, and a RFID tag. The indicia elements can aid in identifying or tracing network connections, identifying types of connectors and/or cables, labeling the network connections, and identifying a network operator in a multi-network environment.

A tube rack apparatus including a bottom portion having a first length, a plurality of indents formed in the bottom portion and configured to receive tubes and keep tubes straight, the plurality of indents exposing a lower surface of the bottom portion, wherein inserted tubes do not pass through the lower surface of the bottom portion, a plurality of legs extending from the bottom portion, a top portion having a second length longer than the first length, a plurality of openings formed in the top portion, the plurality of openings aligned with the plurality of indents, and at least one handle member extending from a first end of the top portion.