GB1074045A - Improvements in or relating to wire handling methods and apparatus - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to wire handling methods and apparatus

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Publication number
GB1074045A
GB1074045A GB24585/64A GB2458564A GB1074045A GB 1074045 A GB1074045 A GB 1074045A GB 24585/64 A GB24585/64 A GB 24585/64A GB 2458564 A GB2458564 A GB 2458564A GB 1074045 A GB1074045 A GB 1074045A
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Prior art keywords
wire
terminal
drum
pawl
wires
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Expired
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GB24585/64A
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ABB Installation Products Inc
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Thomas and Betts Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/04—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for forming connections by deformation, e.g. crimping tool
    • H01R43/048—Crimping apparatus or processes
    • H01R43/052—Crimping apparatus or processes with wire-feeding mechanism
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/02—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors
    • B65G47/04—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles
    • B65G47/12—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles
    • B65G47/14—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
    • B65G47/1407—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl
    • B65G47/1442—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl by means of movement of the bottom or a part of the wall of the container
    • B65G47/1471—Movement in one direction, substantially outwards
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2201/00—Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
    • B65G2201/02—Articles
    • B65G2201/0214—Articles of special size, shape or weigh
    • B65G2201/0217—Elongated
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/5313—Means to assemble electrical device
    • Y10T29/532—Conductor
    • Y10T29/53209—Terminal or connector
    • Y10T29/53213—Assembled to wire-type conductor

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Manufacturing Of Electrical Connectors (AREA)

Abstract

1,074,045. Making electrical connections. THOMAS & BETTS CO. June 12, 1964 [June 14, 1963], No. 24585/64. Heading B3A. [Also in Division B8] Apparatus for feeding wires 25 to a standard terminal attaching machine 20 comprises a hopper 28 and a rotary feeding drum 30. In operation, individual wires are guided into one of slots 30a formed in the surface of the drum 30. As the drum is indexed around to a feeding station 38, the wire, which may be bent, is flattened into slot 30a by a shroud 31. The drum 30 is indexed by a pawl which is connected to a ram 24 of the terminal attaching machine 20. When it arrives at the feeding station 38 the wire is forced outwardly by an idler wheel 43 into contact with a feed wheel 32 which urges the wire forward into a terminal attaching station 23 of the machine. A similar arrangement comprising an idler wheel (34a) and, a driven wheel (34) pre-positions the wire closely adjacent the end portion (30b) of the drum, Figs. 1, 3 (not shown). As the wire is fed forwardly it passes through a wire guide (46), Figs. 7, 8, 9 (not shown), which includes a spring (48) for urging the wires upwardly to improve gathering of the wire strands by the crimping tool 24a. A rubber stop (51), Fig. 8, may halt the inward movement of the wire and sensing means (50) may control the wire feed. Fig. 2 also illustrates a wire presence sensor 36 which, if no wire is present in a slot (30a), causes a wire-feed pawl (26), Fig. 3 (not shown), to be inoperative and no terminal is positioned in the station 23. The wire 25 having been positioned, the crimping operation takes place, a severing tool 52 cuts the terminal 22 from a strip and the pawl (26) ejects the crimped-on terminal and wire. 'The next terminal is also fed into position by the pawl and the drum 30 is indexed one position while another wire is fed to receive a terminal. In Figs. 11, 12 (not shown), the terminals and wires pass into an exit guide (53) before dropping into a wheeled hopper (54).
GB24585/64A 1963-06-14 1964-06-12 Improvements in or relating to wire handling methods and apparatus Expired GB1074045A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US287881A US3245135A (en) 1963-06-14 1963-06-14 Automatic wire handling device

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GB1074045A true GB1074045A (en) 1967-06-28

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BE (1) BE649200A (en)
DE (1) DE1490796A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1074045A (en)

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DE2552763A1 (en) * 1974-12-13 1976-07-15 Walter Sticht DEVICE FOR SEPARATING ASSEMBLY PARTS
GB2217312A (en) * 1988-04-14 1989-10-25 Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kk Supplying elongate stock from hopper
FR2673921A1 (en) * 1991-03-15 1992-09-18 Legoff Jean Philippe Improvements to devices for automatically dispensing short sticks

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2552763A1 (en) * 1974-12-13 1976-07-15 Walter Sticht DEVICE FOR SEPARATING ASSEMBLY PARTS
GB2217312A (en) * 1988-04-14 1989-10-25 Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kk Supplying elongate stock from hopper
GB2217312B (en) * 1988-04-14 1992-02-05 Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kk Apparatus for automatically supplying lengths of stock
FR2673921A1 (en) * 1991-03-15 1992-09-18 Legoff Jean Philippe Improvements to devices for automatically dispensing short sticks

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DE1490796A1 (en) 1969-11-13
US3245135A (en) 1966-04-12

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