JPH05107300A - Apparatus for affixing label on cable - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain an apparatus which prints and affixed wire marks to be applied on electric cables in the assemblying of the electric cables each having a connector at one end thereof. CONSTITUTION:In an apparatus for affixing labels on cables. among the cables connected to connectors, a pin number identifier 20 is connected at the end of an arbitray cable as opposite to the connectors to identify the number of a pin of the connector to which the cable is connected and a calculator 39 is provided to convert information of the number of the pin of the connector into information at a part to which the end of the cable as opposite to the connecter is connected. Moreover, a display device 42 is connected to the calculator to display the information. A label printing device and a printed label affixing device 43 are arranged and the information is printed on a label to affix the label on the cable.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for attaching a label to an electric cable for connecting electric circuits.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When connecting an electric circuit (hereinafter referred to as "circuit") with an electric cable (hereinafter referred to as "cable"), if the connection point of the circuit to be connected is a connector type, the connector is connected to the connector. There is a need for a cable with electrically and mechanically mated connectors attached to its ends. Also, if the connecting point of the circuit to be connected is not a connector type but a type that directly connects to the terminal or terminal of the component, processing such as removing the cable coating is performed so that the end can be connected to the circuit. Need a cable. When one circuit to be connected is of the connector type and the other side is not of the connector type, one side is connected by a connector, and the other side is connected by a cable with the sheath removed. Generally, since it is necessary to connect many kinds of signals between circuits, a connector capable of connecting a plurality of cables is used for the connection.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of connecting one circuit to two circuits by using a connector. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a circuit, and a connector 2 is provided as a signal connection terminal. Reference numeral 3 denotes a connector pin, which is held in the connector 2 in plural numbers and is a hollow pin made of a material having good conductivity. Each pin 3 has one end connected to a predetermined circuit portion in the circuit 1. Four
Is a connector pin, and a plurality of pins are made of a highly conductive material and are held in the connector 4 in a manner that they can be engaged with the connector pins 3. Reference numeral 6 denotes a cable, which is made of a material having good conductivity and is composed of a plurality of cables for connecting a plurality of signals. One end of each cable is one of the pins 5 of the connector 4. It is connected to a predetermined pin, the other end is connected to a predetermined pin of the pins 8 held in the connector 7, and the outside thereof is covered with an insulating material.

Reference numeral 9 is a cable, which is made of a material having good conductivity and is composed of a plurality of cables for connecting a plurality of signals, and the outside of each of them is covered with an insulating material. One end is connected to a predetermined pin 5 of the connector 4, and the other end 10 has a coating of a predetermined length removed from its tip to expose an internal conductive portion. ing. Reference numeral 11 denotes a circuit, which includes a connector 12 as a signal connection terminal. Reference numeral 13 denotes a pin of the connector 12, and a plurality of pins 13 are held in the connector 12 to the pin 8 of the connector 7 in an arrangement capable of engaging with each other.
The pins are hollow and made of a material having good conductivity, and each pin has one end connected to a predetermined portion in the circuit 11. Reference numeral 14 denotes a circuit, which is provided with a plurality of terminals 15 as a signal connecting portion, a part of which is connected to a predetermined portion of the circuit 14. This terminal is made of an electrically conductive material.

In the above structure, the connector 2 and the connector 4 are connected, that is, the pin 5 of the connector 4 is inserted into the pin 3 of the connector 2, and the connector 12 and the connector 7 are connected.
, That is, by inserting the pin 8 of the connector 7 into the pin 13 of the connector 12 and further connecting the other end 10 of the cable 9 and a predetermined terminal 15 of the circuit 14 by soldering, It is electrically connected to the circuit 11 and the circuit 14 via 6 and the cable 9.

Now, an example of a procedure for producing the cable having the above structure will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, each of the cables 6 and 9 is composed of two cables. First, as shown in FIG. 6A, the cable 6
Cut a cable of a given type for 9 and 9 to a given length. As shown in FIG. 6 (b), the cut cable has the coating on both ends thereof removed in a predetermined size. One end of the removed cable is soldered to a predetermined pin of the connector 4. Thereafter, similarly, all the cables to be connected to the respective pins of the connector 4 are soldered to produce the structure shown in FIG. 6C.

Next, here, the other end of the cable is to be soldered to a predetermined pin of the connector 8, but when the number of cables is large, which cable is soldered to the pin 8 of which connector 7. Since it is not known, a label (hereinafter referred to as "wire mark") indicating the connection destination of the other end of each cable is attached to each cable near the other end in advance. The display content of the wire mark is, for example, “8-1” when the connection destination is connected to the first pin of the pin 8 of the connector 7, and “8-1” when connected to the 50th pin of the pin 8 of the connector 7. 8-50 ". Also, for the cable 9, the terminal number of the connection destination of the circuit 14 is attached as a wire mark to the other end. In particular, in the case of mass-producing such a cable, it is possible to improve the production efficiency by dividing the work of attaching the wire mark on the cable and the work of soldering the cable with the wire mark to the connector. Can be achieved. Further, the work of connecting the cable 9 to the predetermined terminal 15 of the circuit 14 after the completion of the cable can be carried out promptly and efficiently by observing the attached mark. For this reason, FIG.
The connector and cable soldered in (c) are shown in Figure 6.
As shown in (d), wire marks 16 are attached to all the cables. Next, as shown in FIG. 6E, the connector 7 is attached to the other end of the cable 6, the connection work is completed, and the unnecessary wire mark for the connector 7 is removed. On the other hand, since the cable 9 is not connected to the circuit 14 at this stage, the wire mark is still attached. With the above, the cable for connecting the circuit shown in FIG. 5 is completed.

FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b) are views showing an example of a method for attaching a wire mark to a cable, wherein 6 is a cable, 16 is a wire mark, and is made of paper, vinyl or cloth-like material. A predetermined display is printed on it, and as shown in FIG. 7 (a), the wire marks are sandwiched between the cables, and are adhered to each other by an adhesive agent inside the wire marks, as shown in FIG. 7 (b). Then, attach it to the cable.

By the way, when attaching the wire mark in FIG. 6 (d), it is necessary to know which cable the display wire mark is attached to. For this purpose, it is necessary to know which pin of the connector 4 the cable to which the wire mark is attached is attached. The cable 6 and the cable 9 are already attached to the connector 4, and it is not easy to distinguish which cable is attached to which pin of the connector 4 especially when the number of cables is large.

For this reason, conventionally, wire marks are attached by a method as shown in FIG. 8 as an example.
In the figure, 17 is a tester main body, 18 and 19 are terminals of the tester main body, and when there is electrical conduction between the terminals 18 and 19, the needle of the tester main body 17 swings. here,
The case where there is no cable 9 will be described.

In the conventional method, in the above-mentioned component, one of the cables 6 to which the wire mark is to be attached is selected, and the cable is connected to the end opposite to the connector 4 of the tester. One terminal 18 is connected. Next, the other terminal 19 of the tester is sequentially connected to the pins of the connector 4 from the arranged end, and the pin number of the connector 4 when the needle of the tester main body 17 swings is checked. Further, the connection destination at the opposite end of the cable to be connected to the pin is read from the correspondence table of the pin number of the connector 4 and the connection destination created in advance, and the wire mark showing the corresponding connection destination is selected. And attach it to the cable 6.

Another example of attaching the wire mark will be described with reference to FIG. 20 is a pin number identification device, 21 is a connector which is attached to the pin number identification device 20 and which electrically and mechanically matches the connector 4. In the figure, the state before the connector 21 and the connector 4 are mated is shown. There is.
Reference numeral 22 is a terminal connected to a predetermined circuit in the pin number identification device 20, and 23 is a pin number display lamp provided in the pin number identification device 20. With this component, by mating the connectors 4 and 21 and selecting one of the cables 6 to which the wire mark is to be attached, select any one of the cables and connect the terminal 22 to the end opposite to the connector 4 of the cable. When is connected, a current flows through the circuit in the pin number identification device 20 through the cable 6, the pin of the connector 4 connected to the cable, and the pin of the connector 21 engaged with the pin of the connector 4. , From the current of this circuit, the pin number of connector 4 where the current is flowing,
It is displayed on the pin number display lamp 23.

FIG. 10 illustrates one of the operating principles of the method of FIG. 24 is a power supply, 25-27 is a resistor, 28-30 is a voltage amplifier, 31 is a switching matrix circuit, 32-34 are input terminals of the switching matrix circuit, 35 is a digital display device, and 36 and 37 are input terminals of the digital display device. Is. In the figure, in order to make the description easy to understand, a case where the number of cables 6 connected to the connector 4 is three will be described.

Now, the terminal 22 of the cable 6
Any one you want to attach a wire mark, here 6
When connected to the cable -1, the pins of the connector 4 connected to the cable 6-1, for example, 5-1
Power supply 2 via the pin of the connector 21 of the device and the resistor 25
A closed circuit including 4 is created, and a current flows through this closed circuit, but no current flows through the resistors 26 and 27. Due to the current flowing through the resistor 25, a voltage is generated across the resistor 25, and this voltage is input to the voltage amplifier 30. The voltage amplified to a predetermined magnitude by the voltage amplifier 30 is input to the switching matrix circuit 31 via the input terminal 32 of the switching matrix circuit 31, and further, the switching matrix circuit 31 causes the input terminal 36 of the digital display device 35. Entered in.

The digital display device 35 displays "5-1" when a voltage is input only to the input terminal 36. The input terminal of the digital display device 35 corresponds to each digit of the binary number, the terminal 36 is an input terminal for the first digit of the binary number, and the terminal 37 is an input terminal for the second digit of the binary number. Therefore, when there is no input to both terminals 36 and 37, the decimal number is 0, when only terminal 36 has an input, decimal number 1; when only terminal 37 has an input, decimal number 2 If there is an input to both terminals 36 and 37, it corresponds to the decimal number 3, and in this case, "5-" is added in front of the number and displayed. Depending on the displayed content displayed in this way, the connection destination at the opposite end of the cable to be connected to that pin, for example, "8-
1 ”is read from the drawing etc. for cable production made in advance, and the applicable wire mark is selected and attached.

According to this method, the work for checking the pin number of the connector 4 is much more efficient than the method shown in FIG. That is, in the method of FIG. 8, when the pin number of the connector 4 to which one cable is connected is checked, if the number of times is the largest, the terminals 2 are connected to the pins of all the connectors 4.
The corresponding pin number could not be found unless 2 was connected, whereas in the method of FIGS. 9 and 10, the corresponding pin number was found only once by connecting the terminal 22 to the cable 6. Moreover, the number is displayed numerically.

[0017]

Conventionally, wire mark selection and attachment work have been performed by the above method.
In any of the methods shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the work is an obstacle to improving the work efficiency. That is, the displayed pin number is the pin number of the connector, and does not indicate the connection destination of the opposite end of the cable connected to that pin. Therefore, it is necessary to read the number of the connection destination for the pin number from the drawing etc. for cable production made in advance, and wrap the wire mark with that number by hand around the cable to attach it, which improves work efficiency. It was a very problematic point.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and conventionally, the connection destination, that is, the content of the wire mark to be attached is automatically searched and the content is displayed or the wire mark is displayed. It is automatically printed and the cable can be attached more easily.

[0019]

A device for attaching a label to a cable according to the present invention identifies a pin number of a connector by a pin number identifying device, a computer recognizes a connection destination of the cable from the data, and the data is used. Is displayed by a display machine, and a label printing machine and a printing label mounting machine for printing the wire mark and attaching the wire mark to the cable are provided.

[0020]

The label attaching device for a cable according to the present invention allows a predetermined wire mark to be attached easily to an arbitrary cable, and the work of attaching the wire mark can be made very efficient.

[0021]

【Example】

Example 1. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, 4 to 22 are the same as the conventional device of FIG. 7, 39 is a computer, 42 is a display, 43 is a label printer and its It is a printing label attaching machine. In the figure, the connector 4 and the device connector 21 are mated, and the cable 6
Select any one of the cables that you are going to attach the wire mark to and select the connector 4 for that cable.
When the terminal 22 is connected to the opposite end to the pin of the connector 4 connected to the cable 6 and the pin of the connector 4,
A current flows through a circuit in the pin number identification device 20 through the engaged pins of the connector 21, and the voltage of the pin number identification device 20 corresponding to the number of each pin of the connector 4 is caused by the current of this circuit. It is generated and the voltage is input to the calculator 39. The computer 39 searches for information on the corresponding connection destination, displays the information on the display 42, and
The label printing machine and the printing label mounting machine 43 are input to print the wire mark on the label. After printing, the operator inserts the cable into the label printing machine and the printing label attaching machine 43, and attaches the printed wire mark to the cable.

2 to 4 explain one of the operating principles of the method of FIG. 1, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the principle of automatically displaying and printing a predetermined wire mark, and FIG. It is a figure which shows the method of attaching the printed wire mark to a cable. In the figure, 4 to 34 are the same as the apparatus of FIG. 10, 39 is a computer, 40 and 41 are input terminals of the computer 39, 43 is a label printer and its print label attaching machine, and a printer unit 44 and It is composed of a mounting unit 45. Also, 46 is a body, 47 is a movable part,
48 is a pressing portion, 49 is a label cutter, 50 is a pressing mechanism, 51 is a stopper, and 52 is a switch. Here, in order to make the description easy to understand, it is assumed that the cable 6 is composed of three cables. In FIG.
When the terminal 22 is connected to any one of the cables 6 to which a wire mark is to be attached, here, the cable 6-1 is connected, a predetermined voltage is input to the terminal 40 by the same operation as in FIG. 10. The computer 39 receives this input signal, determines the signal from the connector pin 5-1 by the same input signal identification method as in FIG. 10, and further determines the connection destination of the cable 6-1 connected to this pin. , Is retrieved from the data stored in the computer in advance and displayed on the display 42. The retrieved data is input to the label printing machine and the printing label attaching machine 43, the data is printed on the label, and is output as the wire mark 16 from the printing machine section 44.

Next, the operation of the label printing machine and the printing label mounting machine 43 when the retrieved data is input to the label printing machine and the printing label mounting machine 43 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. 3 and 4 (a)
Shows the state of the apparatus at the time when the wire mark is printed, and the printed wire mark 16 is supplied along the upper surfaces of the body 46 and the movable portion 47. Next, the operator holds both ends of the cable 6 and presses the wire mark 1 between the pressing portions 48-1 and 48-2 as shown in FIG. 4B.
Insert the cable 6 together with 6 to the position of the stopper 51. The switch 52 is automatically turned on when the inserted wire mark 16 comes into contact with the switch 52 to operate the pressing mechanism 50. The pressing mechanism 50 is composed of an electromagnet, and when the switch 52 is turned on, a current flows through the electromagnet to press the movable portion 47 toward the body 46. Due to this operation, the cable 6 becomes the wire mark 1
6 is sandwiched and bonded, and the wire mark is cut at a predetermined position by the label cutter 48. Figure 4
(C) is a figure which shows the state which inserted the cable and cut the label.

In the above embodiment, the display 42, the label printer and the label attaching machine thereof are both shown, but it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the case where either one is provided.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, the content of the wire mark to be attached can be displayed and printed by simply connecting the terminal of the pin identifying device to any cable to which the wire mark is attached. Since the wire mark can be attached to the wire by inserting it into the printing attachment machine, the work of attaching the wire mark can be performed very efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a label attaching device for a cable according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed diagram of the configuration of a device for attaching a label to a cable according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view of a label printing machine of a device for attaching a label to a cable according to an embodiment of the present invention and a printing label attachment machine thereof.

FIG. 4 is a view showing an operation of an attaching machine portion of the cable label attaching device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a cable, an application, and a configuration.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the order of manufacturing a cable.

FIG. 7 is a diagram of attaching a wire mark to a cable.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a device used for conventional label attaching work.

FIG. 9 is a view of another example of the device used for the conventional label attaching work.

FIG. 10 is a detailed configuration diagram of FIG. 8, which is an apparatus used for a conventional label attaching operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 cable connector 6 cable 16 wire mark 20 pin number identification device 21 pin number identification device connector 22 pin number identification device terminal 24 power supply 25 resistance 26 resistance 27 resistance 28 voltage amplifier 29 voltage amplifier 30 voltage amplifier 31 switching matrix circuit 32 switching Matrix circuit terminal 33 Switching matrix circuit terminal 34 Switching matrix circuit terminal 39 Calculator 40 Calculator input terminal 41 Calculator input terminal 42 Display 43 Label printing machine and its label printing machine 44 Printing machine section 45 Mounting machine section 46 Body 47 Moving part 48 Pressing part 49 Label cutter 50 Pressing mechanism 51 Stopper 52 Switch

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A device connected to an arbitrary one of cables connected to an electrical signal connector to identify the pin number of the connector to which the cable is connected, and a connector output from the device. Label attaching device to a cable provided with a computer for converting the information of the pin number of the above into information indicating the connection destination of the end on the side opposite to the connector of the cable, and a display connected to the computer and displaying the information .. 2. A device connected to an arbitrary one of cables connected to an electric signal connector to identify the pin number of the connector to which the cable is connected, and a connector output from the device. A computer for converting the information of the pin number of the above into information indicating the connection destination of the end on the side opposite to the connector of the cable; and a printing and attaching machine connected to the computer for printing the information on a label and attaching the label to the cable. A device for attaching labels to cables equipped with.