CN104521084B

CN104521084B - Rubber cap insertion apparatus and rubber cap insertion method

Info

Publication number: CN104521084B
Application number: CN201380036201.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 竹内正佳; 野本喜昭
Original assignee: Yazaki Corp
Current assignee: Yazaki Corp
Priority date: 2012-07-06
Filing date: 2013-07-03
Publication date: 2016-12-21
Anticipated expiration: 2033-07-03
Also published as: CN104521084A; JP5850808B2; JP2014017946A; WO2014007275A1

Abstract

This invention address that axle and the problem of the dislocation of the end of electric wire of the rubber stopper prevented in rubber stopper keeper, be enable to reliably insert rubber stopper the end of electric wire.In order to solve this problem, have employed a kind of rubber stopper insertion apparatus (1), this rubber stopper insertion apparatus (1) is provided with rubber stopper keeper (2), this rubber stopper keeper (2) has rubber stopper retaining hole (20) and the pin insertion hole (21) of interconnection, and pin insertion hole (21) has the diameter of the diameter less than rubber stopper retaining hole (20)；Rubber stopper retaining pin (4), this rubber stopper retaining pin (4) is slidably inserted into rubber stopper retaining hole (20) from pin insertion hole (21)；Hook portion (16), this hook portion (16) engages with the recess (18) in rubber stopper keeper (2)；With a pair wire conduct (13), this a pair wire conduct (13) can opening and closing, this a pair wire conduct (13) has wire conduct body (13 '), when hook portion engages each other with recess, wire conduct body (13 ') contacts with the end face (2a) of rubber stopper retaining hole (20), end face (2a) is positioned in the open side of rubber stopper retaining hole (20), and wire conduct body (13 ') supports the end (8a) of the electric wire (8) of fixing side, can be slided in the axial direction in end (8a), a pair wire conduct (13) end towards electric wire together with rubber stopper keeper (2) is moved.

Description

Rubber cap insertion apparatus and rubber cap insertion method

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of end for water proof rubber cap being inserted into electric wire so that the terminal accommodating chamber of adapter Waterproof rubber cap insertion apparatus and rubber cap insertion method.

Background technology

In the prior art, in order to the terminal accommodating chamber making adapter is waterproof, rubber cap is inserted into (being coated on) and terminal It is known on the outer peripheral face of the electric wire being connected.

As rubber cap insertion apparatus of the prior art, such as, patent documentation 1 (not shown) describes a kind of device, Wherein, the mandrel (rubber cap retaining pin) inserted for rubber cap is placed in every side of rotary apparatus；At rotary apparatus At one station, rubber cap inserts in mandrel；At the second station of rotary apparatus, rubber cap is positioned in mandrel；Rotating dress At the 4th station put (not working at the 3rd station), alienable tubular protuberance is inserted into the electric wire insertion holes of rubber cap In, so that the diameter of rubber cap broadens；The end of electric wire is inserted in tubular protuberance；At alienable rubber cap receptor In (rubber cap keeper), rubber cap departs from from mandrel, to insert in electric wire；And tubular protuberance and rubber cap receptor are beaten Open so that electric wire departs from.

Additionally, patent documentation 2 (not shown) describes a kind of rubber cap insertion apparatus, wherein, rubber cap keeps bar to dispose On every side of rotary unit；Rubber cap at the first station of rotary unit, in the guide groove portion of rubber cap guide portion Promoted by catch bar, to be inserted in rubber cap holding bar；And at the second station of rotary unit, rubber cap is by dividing The rubber cap keeper cut keeps bar (rubber cap retaining pin) to be slidably moved the end of electric wire from rubber cap.

Reference listing

Patent documentation

Patent documentation 1:JP 7-7833 A (Fig. 4)

Patent documentation 2:JP 2000-184547 A (Fig. 1)

Summary of the invention

Technical problem

But, in the rubber cap insertion apparatus of above-mentioned patent documentation 1, owing to the diameter of rubber cap is by tubular protuberance And broaden, reduce and thus the load of rubber cap tack reduction on the outer peripheral face of electric wire so there is the elastic of rubber cap The heart.Additionally, in the rubber cap insertion apparatus of patent documentation 2, there is such worry: protect when being maintained at rubber cap at rubber cap When rubber cap is inserted under the state in holder the end of electric wire, the rubber cap in rubber cap keeper axially or radially moves Position, and/or the dislocation of the end of generation and electric wire, and it is thus possible to make the property of can be inserted into of the rubber cap of the end of electric wire Decline.

Additionally, in the rubber cap insertion apparatus of patent documentation 1 and 2, there is such worry: due to rubber cap keeper Need by such as opening and closing and lift such operation and move relative to pivotable rubber cap retaining pin, so structure becomes Must maximize and need to take big space.Additionally, be only capable of a type of rubber cap of insertion, and thus many types Selectively inserting of the rubber cap of (dissimilar) becomes difficulty.When trial processes different types of rubber cap, there is rubber cap and insert Enter device and become to maximize and can take the worry in the big space in factory.

In view of the foregoing, the first object of the present invention is to provide a kind of rubber cap insertion apparatus and a kind of rubber cap inserts Method, by preventing the dislocation of the rubber cap in rubber cap keeper and the end of electric wire, this rubber cap insertion apparatus and rubber Cap insertion method makes it possible to reliably be inserted into by rubber cap the end of electric wire.Additionally, the second object of the present invention is to provide A kind of rubber cap insertion apparatus, this rubber cap insertion apparatus can make the dependency structure of rubber cap retaining pin and rubber cap keeper Miniaturization is to save space, and can process polytype rubber cap in the way of miniaturization and space saving.

The scheme of solution problem

To achieve these goals, rubber cap insertion apparatus according to the first aspect of the invention includes: rubber cap keeps Device, this rubber cap keeper has rubber cap and keeps slit and have the diameter less than the diameter of described rubber cap holding slit Pin inserts slit, and described rubber cap keeper and described rubber cap keep slit to interconnect；Rubber cap retaining pin, this rubber cap Retaining pin is inserted slit from described pin and is slidably insert into described rubber cap holding slit；And a pair electric wire to be opened/closed draws Leading portion, this pair wire conduct to be opened/closed is respectively provided with: hook portion, and this hook portion engages with the recess of described rubber cap keeper, With wire conduct body, when described hook portion engages with described recess, this wire conduct body abuts described rubber cap and protects Hold the end face in the open side of slit, and this wire conduct body supports fixing electric wire in an axially slidable manner End, the pair of wire conduct end towards described electric wire together with described rubber cap keeper is moved.

According to above-mentioned structure, when the rubber cap that rubber cap is inserted into rubber cap keeper keeps in slit, meanwhile, will Rubber cap retaining pin is inserted in the hole that (pressing embedding) arrives rubber cap；A pair wire conduct body Guan Bi, thus with axially slidable Mode support the end of fixing electric wire；When preventing the deflection of end of electric wire (dislocation), wire conduct The rear end face of body abuts the front end face of rubber cap keeper, i.e. rubber cap keeps the end face in the open side of slit, and disappears Except the gap between front end face and the rear end face of wire conduct body of rubber cap keeper, to prevent the end of rubber cap It is prominent from this gap that (when there is end prominent of rubber cap, rubber cap is axially displaced, and this causes cannot be by the hole of rubber cap Smoothly it is directed to the end of electric wire, and it may happen that inserts unsuccessfully).Slit and a pair wire conduct is kept at rubber cap The rubber cap that electric wire between body inserts in the rubber cap holding slit of space connection and rubber cap keeper (has big The situation of the rubber cap of diameter) by under the state of the rear end face closing of wire conduct body, rubber cap reliably inserts electric wire End.That is, when a pair wire conduct body Guan Bi is with supporting electric wire, meanwhile, the hook portion of wire conduct enter and Engage with the recess of rubber cap keeper；In this condition, wire conduct moves forward, and rubber cap retaining pin stays rubber In Capsule keeper, only rubber cap keeper moves forward towards the end of electric wire (end) together with wire conduct simultaneously； And a pair wire conduct body slides along the end of electric wire, and the rubber cap in rubber cap keeper is reliably inserted simultaneously Enter the end of electric wire.

Rubber cap insertion apparatus according to second aspect is the rubber cap insertion apparatus according to first aspect, wherein, disposes A pair rubber cap keeper front and back, and this pair rubber cap keeper by elastomeric element at direction upper offset close to each other, And in before and after described rubber cap retaining pin, the pin portion of side is inserted into the pair of rubber cap keeper, to constitute keeper group Fit；Described keeper assembly can front and back reversally dispose；Rubber cap is supplied to the described rubber cap keeper of rear side；And Described rubber cap is inserted into the end of described electric wire from the described rubber cap keeper of front side.

According to above-mentioned structure, rubber cap is supplied to the rubber cap keeper of rear side (by rubber by rubber cap feedway Cap is pushed into rubber cap and keeps in slit), and the hole of rubber cap inserts in the pin portion in (pressing embedding) keeps slit to rubber cap. Keeper assembly can front and back invert 180 ° by Reversal Drive so that the rubber cap keeper of rear side moves to front side The rubber cap keeper of (becoming the rubber cap keeper of front side) and front side moves to rear side, and (rubber cap becoming rear side keeps Device).The rubber cap rubber cap keeper from front side inserts the end of fixing electric wire.That is, the rubber cap keeper antagonism of front side The biasing of elastomeric element and together with wire conduct end towards electric wire move forward, and rubber cap inserts the end of electric wire Portion.By opening a pair wire conduct, the hook portion of wire conduct departs from from the recess of rubber cap keeper, and front side Rubber cap keeper is retreated by the bias force of elastomeric element to return to initial position.

Rubber cap insertion apparatus according to the third aspect is the rubber cap insertion apparatus according to second aspect, wherein, according to The type of described rubber cap and arrange multistage described keeper assembly, and multistage keeper assembly is driven by lifting Move device and lift, and required keeper combination surface disposes to the end of described fixing electric wire.

According to above-mentioned structure, in multistage keeper assembly before and after the rubber cap keeper of side have: rubber cap keeps Slit, each rubber cap keeps slit to have different internal diameters；And each there is the pin portion of various outer diameter, this pin portion is inserted into In the rubber cap of multistage rubber cap keeper keeps slit, (front and back the rubber cap of side keeps the internal diameter of slit and the pin of side front and back The external diameter in portion is identical).Then, consistent with the rubber cap to be used among polytype rubber cap keeper assembly hangs down Directly move to the position of end towards fixing electric wire.Whole multistage keeper assembly is lifted by lift actuator.This Outward, the front side reversion of the keeper assembly in second aspect makes whole multistage keeper assembly by Reversal Drive Reversion.

Rubber cap insertion method according to fourth aspect includes: rubber cap retaining pin inserted from the pin of rubber cap keeper Slit is inserted into rubber cap and keeps slit, is inserted into by rubber cap in described rubber cap holding slit, and simultaneously, by described rubber Capsule retaining pin is inserted in the hole of described rubber cap；And close a pair wire conduct to be opened/closed, with axially slidable Ground supports the end of fixing electric wire, and simultaneously, at hook portion and described rubber cap keeper recessed of described wire conduct Portion engages and the pair of wire conduct abuts described rubber cap and keeps under the state of the end face in the open side of slit, Described rubber cap keeper is made to move towards the end of described electric wire together with described wire conduct, to be inserted by described rubber cap Enter the end of described electric wire.

According to above-mentioned structure, when the rubber cap that rubber cap is inserted into rubber cap keeper keeps in slit, meanwhile, will Rubber cap retaining pin insert (pressing embedding) in the hole of rubber cap, and a pair wire conduct (wire conduct body) Guan Bi with Axially slidably support the end of fixing electric wire；When preventing the deflection of end of electric wire (dislocation), electric wire The rear end face of guide portion (wire conduct body) abuts the front end face of rubber cap keeper, i.e. rubber cap keeps opening of slit The end face of mouth side；And eliminate the front end face of rubber cap keeper and the rear end face of wire conduct (wire conduct body) Between gap, to prevent rubber cap, prominent from this gap (when there is end prominent of rubber cap, rubber cap radially moves Position, this end causing the hole of rubber cap can not smoothly be directed to electric wire, and possible generation are inserted unsuccessfully).At rubber Cap keeps the electric wire between slit and a pair wire conduct (wire conduct body) to insert space connection and rubber cap is protected The rubber cap of holder keeps the rubber cap (having the situation of the rubber cap of major diameter) in slit by wire conduct (wire guide Portion's body) rear end face close state under, rubber cap reliably inserts the end of electric wire.That is, when a pair wire conduct (electricity Line guide portion body) Guan Bi with supporting electric wire time, meanwhile, the hook portion of wire conduct enter and with rubber cap keeper Recess engages；In this condition, wire conduct moves forward, and rubber cap retaining pin is stayed in rubber cap keeper, with Time only rubber cap keeper move forward towards the end of electric wire (end) together with wire conduct；And a pair wire guide Sliding along the end of electric wire in portion's (wire conduct body), meanwhile, the rubber cap in rubber cap keeper reliably inserts electricity The end of line.

The beneficial effect of the invention

Move forward according to the present invention described in the first aspect, wire conduct and rubber cap keeper simultaneously, from And the rubber cap dislocation-free in rubber cap keeper can be smoothed and reliably inserts by wire conduct slidably twelve Earthly Branches The end of the fixing electric wire of support.

According to the present invention described in second aspect, front and back before and after the rubber cap keeper of side and rubber cap retaining pin The pin portion of side inverts together, and a pair wire conduct is opened so that the hook portion of wire conduct is from rubber cap keeper Recess departs from, and the rubber cap keeper of front side returns to initial position by the bias force of elastomeric element such that it is able to make The dependency structure miniaturization of rubber cap retaining pin and rubber cap keeper is to save space.

According to the present invention described in a third aspect, select required keeper group when the type according to rubber cap Fit and make selected keeper combination surface when the end of fixing electric wire, be arranged in multistage in keeper combination Body is vertically moved by lift actuator such that it is able to make rubber cap insertion apparatus miniaturization to save space.

Move forward according to the present invention described in fourth aspect, wire conduct and rubber cap keeper simultaneously, from And the rubber cap dislocation-free in rubber cap keeper can be smoothed and reliably inserts by wire conduct slidably The end of the fixing electric wire supported.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 is the decomposition diagram of the embodiment illustrating the rubber cap insertion apparatus according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the perspective view illustrating rubber cap insertion apparatus equally.

Fig. 3 is the sectional view along the arrow A-A in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is the perspective view of the state of the end illustrating rubber cap keeper.

Fig. 5 is the perspective view of the instantiation illustrating rubber cap insertion apparatus.

Fig. 6 is the sectional view along the arrow B-B in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is the longitdinal cross-section diagram of the instantiation illustrating rubber cap insertion apparatus.

Fig. 8 is the enlarged drawing of the C portion in Fig. 7.

List of reference signs

1 rubber cap insertion apparatus

2,3 rubber cap keeper

The end face of 2a open side

4 rubber cap retaining pins

5,6 pin portion

7 keeper assemblys

8 electric wires

8a end

10 tension screw springs (spring members)

13 wire conduct

13 ' wire conduct bodies

16 hook portions

18 ditch portions (recess)

20 rubber caps keep slit

21 pins insert slit

Detailed description of the invention

Fig. 1 to 4 illustrates the rubber cap insertion apparatus according to the present invention and the embodiment of rubber cap insertion method.

As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, rubber cap insertion apparatus 1 uses keeper assembly 7, keeper assembly 7 to include: gold Rubber cap keeper 2,3 before and after a pair belonged to；With each rubber cap keeper being placed in before and after's rubber cap keeper 2,3 Pin portion 5,6 (see Fig. 6) before and after interior metal-rubber cap retaining pin 4；And vertical (longitudinally) arranges (arrangement) multistage keeper Assembly 7 such that it is able to select the one in polytype rubber cap 9 (Fig. 3), and be inserted into an electric wire 8 (Fig. 2) End 8a.

As it is shown in figure 1, a pair that rubber cap keeper 2,3 is symmetrical before and after being positioned to, and before and after a pair, rubber cap keeps Device 2,3 is interlinked by tension screw spring (spring members) 10.Before and after a pair, rubber cap keeper 2,3 is about central vertical Axle 11 (seeing Fig. 5) can the most reversely pivot, and the rubber cap 9 (seeing Fig. 6) being supplied to rear rubber cap keeper 3 is anti- Forward front side to, to insert at the end 8a of electric wire 8 (Fig. 2).Each rubber cap keeper in rubber cap keeper 2,3 is Indivisible.

As in figure 2 it is shown, electric wire 8 is flatly remained fixed on fore-and-aft direction by front vertical wire fixture 12；Such as Fig. 2 and Tu Shown in 3, end (end) 8a of electric wire 8 is supported by the wire conduct body 13 ' of about a pair wire conduct 13, and such as Shown in Fig. 3, the end 8b of electric wire 8 positions slightly forward relative to the rear end face 13a of wire conduct body 13 '.Such as Fig. 2 institute Showing, each wire conduct body 13 ' alternately has the notch board 15 of the flange 14 and V shape of the shape of falling V, thus axially slidable Ground supporting electric wire 8.When a pair wire conduct 13 closes, the horizontal wire with square-section (Fig. 2, Fig. 3) inserts space Between 43 each flange 14 and each notch boards 15 being formed at a pair wire guide body 13 '.Electric wire 8 inserts space along electric wire 43 are axially slidably supported.

Each wire conduct 13 includes: the wire guide body (Wire support portion) 13 ' of rectangular block shape, this electric wire draws Lead body 13 ' and there is flange 14 and notch board 15；With generally l-shaped hook portion 16, this generally l-shaped hook portion 16 is fixed on wire guide The rear side of body 13 '.As it is shown on figure 3, hook portion 16 includes posteriorly 16a and inwardly (laterally) teat 16b, and posteriorly 16a Being fixed on wire guide body 13 ' by bolt 17, the most inwardly teat 16b enters the ditch portion (recess) of rubber cap keeper 2 18 and engage with the ditch portion (recess) 18 of this rubber cap keeper 2.

As in figure 2 it is shown, each wire conduct 13 is fixed on each supporting walls 19 being positioned at top；Each supporting walls 19 All it is attached to the unshowned driven for opening and closing device for horizontal opening and closing；And each wire conduct 13 and driven for opening and closing device one Act the advance and retreat driver being attached on unshowned fore-and-aft direction.In fig. 2, before and after eliminating link in the example shown, rubber cap is protected The tension screw spring 10 (Fig. 1) of holder 2,3.Tension screw spring 10 keeps the most close direction at rubber cap keeper Rubber cap keeper 2,3 before and after upper offset.

Electric wire clamp 12 in Fig. 2 includes: bottom biock portion 12a；Pair of right and left electric wire holding piece 12b, this pair of right and left electricity Line holding piece 12b is up arranged on block portion 12a；With unshowned spring members, this unshowned spring members is used for Closing direction upper offset electric wire holding piece 12b；Electric wire 8 is clamped by the power of spring members, and electric wire holding piece 12b resists spring The bias force of parts and expand outwardly so that electric wire 8 inserts or departs from.Short transverse position (the height of electric wire 8 of Electric wire clamp 12 Degree position, direction) fix, and multistage keeper assembly 7 is moved up and down together by unshowned lift actuator, makes The keeper assembly 7 of needs must be placed in the position of the rear side towards Electric wire clamp 12.

As it is shown on figure 3, be positioned at the L shape hook portion 16 of a pair symmetry at the rear side of a pair wire conduct 13 and the rubber needed The pair of right and left ditch portion (recess) 18 of Capsule keeper 2 engages, and wire conduct 13 is attached at one with rubber cap keeper 2 Rise, to become able to move forward.Now, the pin portion 5 of rubber cap retaining pin 4 stays in rubber cap keeper 2.Rubber cap keeps Device 2 and rubber cap retaining pin 4 axially slidably engage that (rubber cap retaining pin 4 is slidably engaged in rubber cap keeper 2 In).Hook portion 16 is fixed on wire conduct 13 by bolt 17.

In the example of fig. 3, rubber cap keeper 2 has: front side rubber cap keeps slit 20, and on front side of this, rubber cap keeps Slit 20 has circular cross-section, and the most through radial center, inserts slit 21 with backside pins and connects, and rubber Capsule keeps slit 20 to have the diameter bigger than pin insertion slit 21, and pin inserts slit 21 and the rear side with larger diameter simultaneously Pin inserts slit 22 and continues.

Rubber cap 9 in Fig. 3 is middle-sized, and the major diameter portion having in first half (uses with reference to mark Numbers 9 instead) and minor diameter 9c in latter half, and there is hole 9a, this hole 9a has constant internal diameter and passes through Logical major diameter portion 9 and minor diameter 9c.After electric wire 8 is inserted in the hole 9a of rubber cap 9, utilize unshowned terminal insulative Compressing piece crimping minor diameter 9c.

(internal diameter is with deep for the size of the rubber cap holding slit 20 of the rubber cap keeper 2 in multistage keeper assembly 7 Degree) and shape change according to the type (external diameter, length and shape) of rubber cap 9.Such as, have than in Fig. 3 little is also used The rubber cap 9 of the diameter that diameter portion 9c is little；External diameter according to rubber cap 9 to be used sets in rubber cap holding slit 20 Footpath；And the size and dimension according to rubber cap 9 sets the shape of rubber cap retaining pin 4.Sometimes, the external diameter ratio of rubber cap 9 The internal diameter that electric wire between wire conduct body 13 ' inserts space 43 is little.In this case, rubber cap keeps slit 20 also Insert space 43 with electric wire to connect with one heart.

Rubber cap retaining pin 4 in the example of fig. 3 has: the minor diameter pin portion (minor diameter) 5 of front side；With middle diameter Portion 25, in this, diameter portion 25 is routed to the rear side in pin portion 5, and the minor diameter pin portion 5 of front side inserts (pressing embedding) to rubber cap 9 In the hole 9a at center so that the internal diameter of the hole 9a of rubber cap 9 somewhat broadens.The external diameter in the minor diameter pin portion 5 of front side is defined to ratio The external diameter of electric wire 8 (Fig. 2) is little.The front end face 9b of rubber cap 9 is positioned at the vertical identical with the front end face 2a of rubber cap keeper 2 In；The rear end face 9d of rubber cap 9 abuts rubber cap and keeps rear end face (step surface) 23a of slit 20；And rubber cap retaining pin 4 The end (front end) in minor diameter pin portion 5 position slightly rearward relative to the front end face 2a of rubber cap keeper 5.

Shown in the example of the rubber cap retaining pin 4 in the second level as the top from Fig. 1, rubber cap retaining pin 4 The minor diameter pin portion 5 of front side is routed to the middle diameter portion 25 of rear side, and middle diameter portion 25 is routed to the major diameter portion of more rear side 26.The shape of the rubber cap retaining pin 4 in multistage keeper assembly 7 changes according to the type of rubber cap 9 to be used, and And the external diameter in pin portion 5 changes according to the internal diameter of the hole 9a of rubber cap 9.

Monomer such as the rubber cap keeper 2 at the top of Fig. 1 is diagrammatically shown, and rubber cap keeper 2 includes: the head of front side Portion's (keeper body) 2 '；The short body 28 of rear side, the short body 28 on rear side of this is routed to head 2 ' via cervical region 27；And it is left Right (up and down) a pair leg 30,30 ', this pair leg 30,30 ' is fixed on body 28 by bolt 29, to be routed to rear side.Ditch Portion's (recess) 18 is positioned on outside the left and right of cervical region 27.The leg 30 of upside is positioned at left side, and the leg 30 ' of downside is positioned at right side, And each leg is positioned on the diagonal of body 28.

Compared with the rubber cap keeper 2 of front side, the rubber cap keeper 3 of rear side has leg 30 and the lower-left of upper right side The leg 30 ' of side；Thus, front and back each leg 30,30 ' of a pair rubber cap keeper 2,3 is positioned at every side up and down On, and rubber cap retaining pin 4 is placed in four legs 30,30 '.The rubber cap keeper 2 of front side and the rubber cap of rear side Keeper 3 is of the same size and shape, and front and back disposes with in pairs.

The longitudinally intermediate portion of rubber cap retaining pin 4 is contained in horizontal slot 31a of housing block 31 of substantially rectangular tubular, And pin portion 5,6 (Fig. 6) positions the most highlightedly from housing block 31 before and after rubber cap retaining pin 4.Housing block 31 exists On each outer circumferential side (corner) up and down, there is horizontal cutting oral groove portion 31b, with in rubber cap keeper 2,3 before and after accommodating The each pair of leg 30,30 ' of each rubber cap keeper.

The front end face 31c of the rear end face 28a abutting housing block 31 of the body 28 of the rubber cap keeper 2 of front side, and after The front end face of the body 28 of the rubber cap 3 of side abuts the rear end face of housing block 31.Rubber cap retaining pin 4, housing block 31, front and back side Rubber cap keeper 2,3 and tension screw spring 10 constitute keeper assembly 7.The rubber cap keeper 2 of front side can Move forward the biased slidable of antagonism tension screw spring 10, leave rubber cap retaining pin 4.Housing block 31 can also be with rubber The pars intermedia of Capsule retaining pin 4 forms (the rubber cap retaining pin 4 in this case, being referred to as including housing block 31) together.

Compared with the rubber cap keeper 2 of front side, the rubber cap keeper 3 of rear side has: the head (keeper of rear side Body) 2 '；Front body 28；With the leg 30,30 ' being positioned on front side relative to body.Ditch portion 18 is formed at the rubber of before and after side Outside the left and right of the cervical region 27 of each rubber cap keeper in Capsule keeper 2,3.It is positioned at the rubber cap keeper of before and after side 2, the bolt 32 on the rear side of the body 28 of each rubber cap keeper in 3 is for hook and fixing tension screw spring 10 End.Noting, direction the most all around is only used to conveniently describe.

As shown in Figure 4, the rubber cap being arranged on the front end face 2a of rubber cap keeper 2 keeps the opening of slit 20 to lead to Cross the oblique cutting part 33 of taper and broaden；The front end of rubber cap 9 keeps the opening of slit 20 to be projected into oblique cutting part 33 from rubber cap In；And the front end face 9b of rubber cap 9 is positioned on the vertical identical with the front end face 2a of rubber cap keeper 2.Pair of right and left Ditch portion 34 keeps the opening of slit 20 to be arranged in the front end face 2a of the double keeper 2 of rubber towards rubber cap, and can lead to Cross and such as irradiate the unshowned optical sensor in ditch portion 34 to find out the position of the front end of rubber cap 9.Rubber cap 9 is along rear side The oblique cutting part 33 of rubber cap keeper 3 (Fig. 1) is smoothly inserted into rubber cap and keeps slit 20 interior without blocking.

The pin portion 5 of rubber cap retaining pin 4 inserts in the hole 9a that (pressing embedding) arrives rubber cap 9, and the diameter of rubber cap 9 becomes Wide；Rubber cap 9 outer peripheral face extruding and be attached to rubber cap keeper 2 rubber cap keep slit 20 inner peripheral surface, and Prevent rubber cap 9 radial displacement in rubber cap keeper 2；Further, as it is shown on figure 3, the rear end face 9d of rubber cap 9 abuts rubber Cap keeps rear end face (step surface) 23a of slit 20, and prevents axial (longitudinal direction of electric wire) of rubber cap 9 to shift.

In figure 3, rubber cap retaining pin 4 is upper immovable at fore-and-aft direction (longitudinal direction of pin)；Rubber cap keeper 2 and electricity Line guide portion 13 is moved forward together by unshowned advance and retreat driver；Wire conduct 13 can be slided for fixing electric wire 8 Position (leaving electric wire 8 to move forward) dynamicly；As in figure 2 it is shown, electric wire 8 is by the Electric wire clamp 12 before wire conduct 13 and slightly The electric wire chuck 45 (Fig. 7) of rear description is fixed；And by rubber cap keeper 2 and the behaviour moved forward of wire conduct 13 Making, the rubber cap 9 in rubber cap keeper 2 (Fig. 3) departs from forward from the pin portion 5 of rubber cap retaining pin 4, is inserted simultaneously into (pressing embedding) To end (end) 8a of electric wire 8, and the end 8a of electric wire 8 enters the rubber cap holding slit 20 of rubber cap keeper 2. Specifically, in the latter half of the hole 9a staying rubber cap 9 in the pin portion 5 of the front side of rubber cap retaining pin 4, rubber The front opening of the hole 9a of cap 9 inserts (pressing embedding) end 8b to electric wire 8.

When the diameter of hole 9a somewhat broadens, the pin portion 5 of rubber cap retaining pin 4 inserts (pressing embedding) to be inserted into In the hole 9a of the rubber cap 9 of the end 8b of electric wire 8, and thus rubber cap 9 smooth out and reliably insert in electric wire 8.Due to pin Portion 5 only makes the diameter of the hole 9a of rubber cap 9 broaden slightly, so not damaging the elasticity of rubber cap 9.

Additionally, the rear end face 13a of the front end face 9b abutting wire conduct body 13 ' of rubber cap 9, and rubber cap 9 Rear end face 9c abuts the rear end face 23a of the rubber cap holding slit 20 of rubber cap keeper 2, not have the shifting on fore-and-aft direction It is kept in the case of Wei；Thus, preventing the axially displaced of rubber cap 9 in rubber cap keeper 2, rubber cap 9 is reliably inserted Enter in electric wire 8, and be accurately defined the rubber cap 9 position on the end 8a of electric wire 8 (from the end 8b of electric wire 8 to rubber The distance of the rear end 9c of cap 9).

Additionally, when the hook portion 16 of wire conduct 13 engages with the ditch portion 18 of rubber cap keeper 2, rubber cap The front end face 2a of keeper 2 abuts the rear end face 13a of wire conduct body 13 '；The rear end face of wire conduct body 13 ' The rubber cap of 13a Guan Bi rubber cap keeper 2 keeps the opening ora terminalis 2a ' of slit 20 (corresponding to having the rubber cap 9 of major diameter Rubber cap keep the situation of slit), and close rubber cap and keep the rubber cap 9 in slit 20；Wire conduct body 13 ' Rear end face 13a and the opening ora terminalis 2a ' of rubber cap keeper 2 abut against mutually very close to each otherly；The end of rubber cap 9 not from Gap is prominent to cause the dislocation between the end 8a of rubber cap 9 and electric wire 8；And rubber cap keeps slit 20 and a pair electric wire Electric wire between guide portion body 13 ' inserts space 43 and interconnects coaxially, and the end 8a of electric wire 8 is by wire conduct 13 slidingly support.Thus prevent the deflection of the end 8a of electric wire 8, and the end of the axle center of the hole 9a of rubber cap 9 and electric wire 8 The axle center alignment of portion's (end) 8a so that rubber cap 9 smoothes out and reliably insert the end 8a of electric wire 8.Above description conduct Rubber cap insertion method is also effective (in the case of rubber cap insertion method, be rewritten as actively stating by passively statement).

Fig. 5 illustrates the instantiation of rubber cap insertion apparatus 1, and wherein, multistage (being 9 grades in this example) keeper combines Body 7 is arranged vertically, and each keeper assembly 7 includes the rubber cap keeper 2,3 of before and after side and is placed in rubber cap Rubber cap retaining pin 4 (Fig. 6) inside keeper；And Fig. 6 is the horizontal cross-section of the major part (arrow B section) in Fig. 5 Figure.Additionally, Fig. 7 is the longitdinal cross-section diagram of rubber cap insertion apparatus 1, and Fig. 8 is the enlarged drawing of the C portion in Fig. 7.

As shown in figure 5 and figure 7, before and after in multistage keeper assembly 7, the rubber cap keeper 2,3 of side is with pair of right and left Longitudinal vertical plate part 35 is arranged on and disposes for the state pivoted therebetween, and pair of right and left plate portion 35 is with relative to up and down The bearing 38 pivotable mode of level on substrate 37 is supported by vertical axis 11 via upper and lower block portion 36.Block portion 36 links up and down To being positioned at the such Reversal Drive of such as actuator and motor 46 (Fig. 7) at top, and can combine with multistage keeper Body 7 reversion 180 front and back together..

The horizontal setting of each tension screw spring 10 (Fig. 5, Fig. 6) is outside the left and right in each plate portion 35；Before level The rubber cap keeper 2,3 of rear side is linked by each tensile bolts spring 10, and at direction upper offset close to each other；And The rubber cap keeper 2 of front side can resist the bias force of tension screw spring 10 relative to rear side rubber cap keeper 3 to Front movement.By the bias force of tension screw spring 10, before the rear end face 2b of the rubber cap keeper 2 of front side abuts plate portion 35 End face, and the rear end face in the front end face 3b abutting plate portion 35 of the rubber cap keeper 3 of rear side.

Additionally, the ditch portion 18 of the rubber cap keeper 2 of front side is by after a pair wire conduct 13 (Fig. 5, Fig. 6) of front side Hook portion 16 hook of side (a pair wire conduct 13 open or closed procedure makes hook portion 16 engage with ditch portion 18)；Wire guide Portion 13 is moved forward together with the rubber cap keeper 2 of front side by advance and retreat driver 47 (Fig. 7)；And rubber cap 9 (Fig. 6) Insert the end 8a of electric wire 8.Advance and retreat driver 47 (Fig. 7) including: horizontal ball-screw 47a, and this horizontal ball-screw 47a is by electricity Machine 47d drives；With vertical substrate 47c, this vertical substrate 47c is fixed by the nut 47b engaged with ball-screw 47a, and example Such as, pair of right and left wire conduct 13 in mode to be opened/closed via opening and closing motor (driver) 48 (Fig. 7) and tooth bar and tooth Take turns and be attached to substrate 47c.

As shown in figure 5 and figure 7, after the rubber cap of rear side supplies the front end face of block 39 and the rubber cap keeper 3 of rear side End face seamlessly contacts；As shown in Figure 6, rubber cap supply block 39 has the rubber cap supply slit 40 of level, and The front opening 40a of rubber cap supply slit 40 keeps slit 30 to connect with the rubber cap of the rubber cap keeper 3 of rear side.Rear side The rubber cap of rubber cap keeper 3 keep slit 20 to keep slit 20 with the rubber cap of the rubber cap keeper 3 of the front side of Fig. 3 It is of the same size and shape, and the most symmetrical.The such supply passageway of the most unshowned flexible pipe is connected to rubber Open rearward end 40b of Capsule supply slit 40.

As multistage rubber cap keeper 2,3 has in the shape being applicable to keep each different types of rubber cap 9 As rubber cap keeps slit 20, the multistage rubber cap corresponding with each rubber cap keeper in rubber cap keeper 2,3 supplies Change according to the type of rubber cap 9 to the internal diameter of the slit 40 of each in block 39.Such as, each rubber cap supply block 39 All it is attached to vertical plate part 41；The bar 42 of horizontal cylinder (advance and retreat driver) 49 (Fig. 7) is attached to plate portion 41；And when each is protected When holder assembly 7 inverts before and after simultaneously, each rubber cap supply block 39 retreats or pivots, to prevent and each keeper group Fit 7 interfere.

Multistage keeper assembly 7, Reversal Drive 46 (Fig. 7), rear side multistage rubber cap supply block 39, plate portion 41 and Its advance and retreat driver 49 by the most unshowned vertical ball-screw, nut and the such lift actuator of servomotor along Vertical guide rail 50 (Fig. 7) one lifting, and by required keeper assembly 7 optionally towards after Electric wire clamp 12 Side disposes.

Electric wire clamp 12 in this example is in wire end processing means and (sequentially carries out and include measuring electric wire 8, strip off electricity Line 8, insert the device of the step of rubber cap 9, crimp type terminal etc.) in, and this Electric wire clamp 12 clamps and fixes the end of electric wire 8 Portion 8a so that this end according to sequence of steps level and transverse shifting.Rubber at Electric wire clamp 12 with required front side Between cap keeper 2 (in the space between), wire conduct 13 passes through vertical cylinder (lift actuator) 51 (Fig. 7) from upper Side declines and is placed, and the end 8a of the electric wire 8 clamped by Electric wire clamp 12 is loosely clipped in pair of right and left flange 14 And axially slidably to be positioned and to support between the notch board 15 of wire conduct 13.Pair of right and left electric wire chuck 45 and electric wire Guide portion 13 is declined by cylinder 51 (Fig. 7) together, and is positioned to adjacent with the front side of Electric wire clamp 12；Electric wire chuck 45 warp By linking part 53 opening and closing by the lifting of the bar 51a of vertical chuck opening-closing cylinder 51 (Fig. 7)；Further, by reducing bar 51a, Electric wire chuck 45 clamps tightly and fixes electric wire 8.

As shown in Figure 6, when electric wire 8 is clamped by Electric wire clamp 12 and electric wire chuck 45 (Fig. 7), by electric wire 8 End 8a is placed between pair of right and left wire conduct 13, and rubber cap 9 is contained in the front portion of the rubber cap keeper 2 of front side In, the minor diameter pin portion (end) 5 of the front side of rubber cap retaining pin 4 inserts in the hole 9a that (pressing embedding) arrives rubber cap 9, similar rubber In the rear portion of the rubber cap keeper 3 that Capsule 9 is contained in rear side by rubber cap supply passageway 40, and rubber cap retaining pin 4 Rear side minor diameter pin portion (end) 6 insert (pressing embedding) to rear side rubber cap 9 hole 9a in.

When closing a pair wire conduct 13 loosely to clamp electric wire 8 by driven for opening and closing device 48 (Fig. 7), electricity simultaneously The hook portion 16 of line guide portion 13 engages with the ditch portion 18 of the rubber cap keeper 2 of front side, and wire conduct 13 is driven by advance and retreat Device 47 (Fig. 7) moves forward, and therefore, the rubber cap keeper 2 of front side resist the biasing of tensile bolts spring 10 simultaneously to Front movement.Rubber cap retaining pin 4 is fixed in plate portion, left and right 35 by screw 44 at longitudinal mid portion, and the rubber of front side Capsule keeper 2 moves forward together with rubber cap 9, leaves the pin portion 20 of the front side of rubber cap retaining pin 4, and by rubber cap The 9 end 8a inserting electric wire 8.As shown in Figure 8, until a series of actions of insertion of rubber cap 9 is as follows: first, electric wire 8 by Under the state of Electric wire clamp 12 clamping, rubber cap keeper 2 (keeper assembly 7) moves down as shown in arrow 61ly, makes Rubber cap 9 required for is towards the end of electric wire；Then wire conduct 13 moves down as shown in arrow 62ly, and closes Close to keep electric wire 8, and simultaneously, electric wire chuck 45 closes, to clamp electric wire 8 as shown in arrow 63ly；And then, rubber Capsule keeper 2 moves forward together with wire conduct 13 as shown by arrow 64 so that rubber cap 9 inserts in electric wire 8.

After being inserted in electric wire 8 by rubber cap 9, a pair wire conduct 13 is beaten by driven for opening and closing device 48 (Fig. 7) Opening, hook portion 16 (Fig. 6) outwards departs from from the ditch portion 16 of the rubber cap keeper 2 of front side, and the rubber cap keeper 2 of front side leads to The bias force (restoring force) of overtension bolt spring 10 and be pulled rearwardly, to return the initial position in Fig. 6.Now, a pair Wire conduct 13 is risen by lift actuator 51 (Fig. 7) to keep out of the way.

Then, each keeper assembly 7 is by inverting 180 ° before and after Reversal Drive；The rubber cap keeper of rear side 3 with rubber cap keeper 2 dislocation of front side, and become the rubber cap keeper 2 of front side；And rubber cap 9 by with Above-mentioned identical action is inserted in the electric wire 8 by the clamping of adjacent (laterally adjacent) Electric wire clamp 12.

Electric wire clamp 12 is uprightly placed in the plate (palette) 54 (Fig. 8) of bulk, and by each end portion treatment step Laterally move (in one direction) along unshowned conveyer belt together with plate 54, and when being pressed from both sides by adjacent wire fixture 12 When the electric wire 8 held has major diameter, accommodate the keeper assembly 7 of the rubber cap 9 corresponding with electric wire 8 by unshowned lifting Driver (motor and ball screw) lifts along vertical guide rail 50 (Fig. 7), disposes with the rear side towards Electric wire clamp 12, and Rubber cap 9 inserts the end 8a of electric wire 8 with action same as described above.Even if when the diameter of electric wire 8 is identical, being sometimes also inserted into There is the rubber cap 9 of various outer diameter, and in this case, similarly, required keeper assembly 7 is not by showing The lift actuator lifting gone out, disposes with the rear side towards Electric wire clamp 12, and rubber cap 9 is inserted with action same as described above Enter the end 8a of electric wire 8.As shown in Figure 8, the rubber cap of rubber cap keeper 2 keeps slit 20 and the shape of rubber cap retaining pin 4 Shape changes according to the type of rubber cap 9.Above description is also effective (insertion at rubber cap as rubber cap insertion method In the case of method, it is rewritten as actively stating by passively statement).

According to above-described embodiment, the multistage keeper assembly 7 corresponding with the type of rubber cap 9 is arranged vertically, and many Level keeper assembly 7 lifts optionally to move to required keeper assembly 7 towards Electric wire clamp 12 simultaneously Position, thus reduce the space shared by device part of each type of rubber cap 9, and provide the various rubber of process The rubber cap insertion apparatus 1 of the miniaturization of cap 9, reduces the equipment cost of each type of rubber cap 9 simultaneously, and provides place Manage the rubber cap insertion apparatus 1 of the low cost of multiple rubber cap 9.

Additionally, the rubber cap keeper 3 of the rubber cap keeper 2 of front side and rear side inverts and reuses, thus will The quantity of station from the prior art 4 be reduced to 2, and reduce the space (space saving) that device 1 takies, letter simultaneously Change the structure of device 1 and reduced cost.

Additionally, make rubber cap keeper 2,3 to split, and keep narrow from the rubber cap of rubber cap keeper 2,3 The axially open of groove 20 promotes rubber cap 9, thus does not exist and damage between rubber cap keeper 2,3 owing to being clipped in by rubber cap The worry of rubber cap 9.

Additionally, as mentioned above (Fig. 3), the slit 20 of the rubber cap keeper 2 on front side of the rear end face 9c abutting of rubber cap 9 Rear end difference 23a, and the rear end face 13a of the front end face 9b abutting wire conduct body 13 ' of rubber cap 9, or rubber cap guarantor The front end face 2a of holder 2 seamlessly abuts the rear end face 13a of wire conduct body 13 ' so that at rubber cap 9 moving Dynamic mode is maintained at fore-and-aft direction (axially) and above and keeps the rubber cap of rubber cap 9 to keep slit 20 to draw with a pair electric wire Leading the electric wire between portion's body 13 ' to insert under the state that space 43 connects coaxially, rubber cap 9 inserts the end 8a of electric wire 8, from And prevent the axially and radially displacement of rubber cap 9, prevent the dislocation of the hole 9a of rubber cap 9 and the end 8a of electric wire 8, and rubber Cap 9 reliably inserts the end 8a of electric wire 8.This is due to such structure: the rubber cap keeper 2 of front side and wire conduct 13 are moved forward with the joint in ditch portion 18 by hook portion 16 together with fixing electric wire 8.

Note: in the above-described embodiments, each include the multistage guarantor of rubber cap keeper 2,3 and rubber cap retaining pin 4 Holder assembly 7 is arranged corresponding to polytype rubber cap 9；But, such as, when only existing a type of rubber cap 9 Time (only using the step of a type of rubber cap 9), arrange can before and after reversion but can not lift single keeper combination Body is also effective.

Industrial applicibility

Rubber cap insertion apparatus according to the present invention and rubber cap insertion method are by preventing the rubber in rubber cap keeper The dislocation of the end of Capsule and electric wire and reliably rubber cap is inserted the end of electric wire, and can be used in making rubber cap keep The dependency structure miniaturization of pin and rubber cap keeper is to save space, and can be used in the side saved with miniaturization and space Formula processes the insertion of polytype rubber cap.

Claims

1. a rubber cap insertion apparatus, including:

Rubber cap keeper, this rubber cap keeper has rubber cap and keeps slit and pin to insert slit, and this pin inserts slit tool Having the diameter less than the diameter of described rubber cap holding slit, described pin inserts slit and keeps slit to be connected mutually with described rubber cap Logical；

Rubber cap retaining pin, this rubber cap retaining pin is slidably insert into described rubber cap from described pin insertion slit and keeps narrow Groove；And

A pair wire conduct to be opened/closed, this pair wire conduct to be opened/closed has:

Hook portion, this hook portion engages with the recess of described rubber cap keeper, and

Wire conduct body, when described hook portion engages with described recess, this wire conduct body abuts described rubber cap Keep the end face in the open side of slit, and this wire conduct body supports fixing electric wire in an axially sliding manner End, the pair of wire conduct end towards described electric wire together with described rubber cap keeper is moved.

Rubber cap insertion apparatus the most according to claim 1, wherein, described rubber cap keeper is positioned to before and after a pair, And by spring members before and after direction upper offset close to each other, and described rubber cap retaining pin the pin portion quilt of side It is inserted in the pair of rubber cap keeper, to constitute keeper assembly；Described keeper assembly is positioned to can Front and back invert；Rubber cap is fed into the described rubber cap keeper of rear side；And described rubber cap is inverted to front side the past The described rubber cap keeper of side is inserted into the end of described electric wire.

Rubber cap insertion apparatus the most according to claim 2, wherein, described keeper assembly is according to the type of rubber cap With multistage layout, multistage keeper assembly is lifted by lift actuator, and required keeper combination surface Dispose to the end of described fixing electric wire.

4. a rubber cap insertion method, including below step:

Rubber cap retaining pin is inserted slit from pin and is slidably insert into the rubber cap holding slit of rubber cap keeper, by rubber Capsule is inserted in described rubber cap holding slit, and simultaneously, described rubber cap retaining pin is inserted into described rubber cap In hole；With

Close a pair wire conduct to be opened/closed, thus support the end of fixing electric wire in an axially slidable manner, and And, engage and the pair of wire guide with the recess of described rubber cap keeper in the hook portion of described wire conduct simultaneously Portion abuts described rubber cap and keeps, under the state of the end face in the open side of slit, making described rubber cap keeper and described electric wire Guide portion moves towards the end of described electric wire together, so that described rubber cap to be inserted in the end of described electric wire.