JPH077200U - Wire holder for automatic wiring equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To form an automatic wiring device with a simple structure and light weight. An electric wire holder A is provided which includes a chuck hand 1 that opens and closes, holds the electric wire 2 between the chuck hands 1 by closing the chuck hand 1, and releases the electric wire 2 by opening the chuck hand 1. To do. In this wire holder A, the chuck hand 1 is provided with a grip portion 3 for gripping and fixing the wire 2, and a guide portion 4 that can slide in the longitudinal direction of the wire 2 while holding the wire 2. To do. After connecting the one end of the electric wire 2 while holding the one end of the electric wire 2 by the grip portion 3, the guide portion 4 slides the other end of the electric wire 2 to move the end portion to the grip portion 3. It can be grasped and fixed so that the other end of the electric wire 2 can be connected, and it is possible to wire both ends of the electric wire 2 with one electric wire holder A.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an electric wire holder in an automatic wiring device in which an electric wire is inserted into a wiring place by a robot or the like and connected.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 As an apparatus for automatically wiring electric wires with a robot or the like, for example, there is one provided in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 3-60200. This product holds both ends of the electric wire cut to a predetermined length with electric wire holders such as hands and conveys it to the wiring place, and each end of the electric wire is inserted into the wiring place by each electric wire holder and connected. I am trying.

The electric wire holder A is formed by a pair of chuck hands 1 and 1 that are open / close driven independently as shown in FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b). The electric wire 2 is held and fixed by gripping the electric wire between the portions 3.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, this type requires a pair of wire holders to hold both ends of the wires with wire holders and connect them to the wiring location, which complicates the structure of the automatic wiring device and reduces the entire automatic wiring device. The problem was that the weight of the The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electric wire holder for an automatic wiring device that has a simple structure and can form an automatic wiring device with a light weight.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 An electric wire holder of an automatic wiring method device according to the present invention is formed by including a chuck hand 1 that opens and closes. By closing the chuck hand 1, an electric wire is held between the chuck hands 1 and the chuck hand 1 is opened. In the electric wire holder A for releasing the holding of the electric wire 2, a gripping part 3 for holding and fixing the electric wire 2 in the chuck hand 1 and a guide that can be slidable in the longitudinal direction of the electric wire 2 while holding the electric wire 2 It is characterized in that it is formed by including the portion 4.

The grip 3 is preferably formed by ribs 5. Further, in the present invention, the grip portion 3 and the guide portion 4 are integrated to form the chuck hand 1 of the wire holder A, and the wire portion 2 is gripped and fixed by the grip portion 3 or guided according to the opening / closing angle of the chuck hand 1. The electric wire 2 may be slidably held by the portion 4.

Further, according to the present invention, the chucking hand 1 of the wire holder A is formed by separating the gripping part 3 and the guide part 4 from each other, and the gripping part 3 and the guide part 4 are grasped in accordance with respective independent opening / closing angles. The electric wire 2 may be gripped and fixed by 3, or the electric wire 2 may be slidably held by the guide portion 4.

[0008]

[Action]

 The chuck hand 1 of the electric wire holder A is formed by including a grip portion 3 for gripping and fixing the electric wire 2, and a guide portion 4 capable of sliding in the longitudinal direction of the electric wire 2 while holding the electric wire 2. After connecting the one end of the electric wire 2 while holding the one end of the electric wire 2 by the gripping part 3, the other end of the electric wire 2 is slid by the guide part 4 and this end is gripped. It can be grasped and fixed at 3, and the other end of the electric wire 2 can be connected.

[0009]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments. FIG. 3 shows an entire structure of an example of the automatic wiring device, and the electric wire 2 used as a lead wire is supplied by being unwound from the drum 10. Reference numeral 11 denotes a pedestal, to which an electric wire supply device 12 and a wiring robot 14 including an articulated robot are attached. The electric wire supply device 12 and the wiring robot 14 are automatically controlled by a robot control device 16. Further, an electric appliance 15 for wiring can be set on the gantry 11. In FIG. 3, 13 is a safety fence.

As shown in the schematic configuration in FIG. 4A, the electric wire supply device 12 includes two pairs of feed rolls 17 a and 17 b which are rotatably driven so as to sandwich and feed the electric wire 2, and the feed roll 17 a. It is formed by including a coating stripping machine 18 provided between the stripping machine 17 and the cable 17b. The electric wire 2 wound around the drum 10 is fed out by the feed roll 17a and passed through the coating stripping machine 18 to remove the electric wire 2 from the coating stripping machine 18. The insulation coating 2a on the outer periphery is partially peeled off, and the insulation coating 2a at this end is peeled off to expose the conductor 2b, and the electric wire 2 is fed from the coating peeling machine 18 by a feed roll 17b.

The wiring robot 14 is formed by a multi-joint robot configured by connecting a plurality of arms 14 a with joints, and an electric wire holder A is provided at the tip of the arm 14 a of the wiring robot 14. . FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the electric wire holder A. The electric wire holder A is a pair of chuck hands 1, which are pivotally attached by a shaft pin 20 so that they can be opened and closed as shown in FIG. It is formed by 1. As shown in FIG. 2B, each chuck hand 1 is provided with a pair of ribs 5 and 5 on both sides so as to project toward the chuck hand 1 opposite to both side edges of the substrate 21 and between the ribs 5 and 5. In the substrate 21, the guide ribs 6 are formed so as to project, and each of the ribs 5 and 5 has a substantially V-shaped holding recess 22 and the guide ribs 6 have a substantially V-shaped guide recess. The place 23 is recessed. The guide rib 6 is formed to have a larger protruding size from the substrate 21 than the rib 5, and the guide recess 23 is also formed to be larger than the grip recess 22. The grip portion 3 is formed by the rib 5 having the grip recess 22, and the guide portion 4 is formed by the guide rib 6 having the guide recess 23.

When wiring the electric appliance 15 set on the pedestal 11, the electric wire 2 is first fed by the feed rolls 17 a and 17 b as shown in FIG. The insulating coating 2a at the tip of the wire is peeled off, and the tip of the wire 2 with the conductor 2b exposed is sent out from the wire feeder 12. Then, the wiring robot 14 is operated to move the electric wire holder A downward, and the tip end of the electric wire 2 is held between the chuck hands 1 and 1 of the electric wire holder A as shown in FIG. 4B. Here, when the chuck hands 1 and 1 are closed, the electric wire 2 can be grasped and fixed by sandwiching the electric wire 2 between the grasping portions 3 formed by the grasping recesses 22 of the rib 5 as shown in FIG. Is done. Further, when the chuck hands 1 and 1 are closed to hold and fix the electric wire 2 in this manner, the electric wire 2 is also sandwiched between the guide portions 4 formed by the guide recesses 23 of the guide rib 6, and the guide portions 4 It is also designed so that it can be gripped and fixed. Further, in the wire holder A shown in the conventional example of FIG. 8, the wide entire width of the chuck hand 1 comes into contact with the outer circumference of the wire 2 to grip the wire 2, and the pressing area against the wire 2 is large. However, in the present invention, the electric wire 2 is held between the holding portions 3 formed by forming the holding recesses 22 in the narrow rib 5, so that the electric wire 2 The pressing area against 2 becomes small and the pressing density becomes high, so that the electric wire 2 can be reliably gripped and fixed with a high gripping force so as to bite into the insulating coating 2a of the electric wire 2.

Next, while the electric wire 2 is being fed by the feed rolls 17a and 17b, the electric wire wiring device 14 is operated to move the holder 2 horizontally, and the electric wire 2 is fed to the electric wire supply device 12 as shown in FIG. 4C. Pull out from. Then, when the required arbitrary length of the electric wire 2 passes the coating stripping machine 18, the electric wire 2 is cut and the insulating coating 2a at the rear end is peeled off, and one end of the electric wire 2 is removed as shown in FIG. 4 (d). The electric wire 2 is transported between the pair of wiring points 25 of the electric appliance 15 on the gantry 11 while holding and holding the part by the electric wire holder A.

After transporting the electric wire 2 to the wiring point 25 in this manner, the electric wire holder A is directed to the insertion hole 26 provided at the wiring point 3 while holding one end of the electric wire 2 with the electric wire holder A. 5 (a), the end of the electric wire 2 exposing the conductor 2b is inserted into the insertion hole 26, and the electric wire 2 is inserted into the wiring portion 3 as shown in FIG. 5 (b). Wiring can be made by connecting one of the ends. A quick-connect terminal is provided in the insertion hole 26 so that the electric wire 2 can be coupled and connected by inserting the end of the electric wire 2 into the insertion hole 26. After connecting one end of the electric wire 2 to the wiring portion 3 as described above, the chuck hands 1, 1 of the electric wire holder A are slightly opened (half-opened), and the grip concave portion of the rib 5 as shown in FIG. The state of gripping and fixing the electric wire 2 between the grip portions 3 formed at the positions 22 and between the guide portions 4 formed at the guide recesses 23 of the guide ribs 6 is released. Although the guide ribs 6 and 6 are separated from each other, the tips of the guide ribs 6 and 6 intersect each other, so that the guide recesses 23 and 23 of the guide ribs 6 and 6 are still in the closed state and are formed by the guide recesses 23 of the guide rib 6. The electric wire 2 is held between the guide portions 4 and the electric wire 2 does not drop from the electric wire holder A. Therefore, in this state, by moving the electric wire holder A in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 5C, the electric wire holder A slides to the other end of the electric wire 2 without dropping the electric wire 2. be able to. After that, the chuck hands 1 and 1 are closed again as shown in FIG. 1A, and the other end of the electric wire 2 is sandwiched between the grip portions 3 and the guide portion 4 and grasped. By moving the electric wire holder A toward the insertion hole 26 provided in another wiring portion 3 while holding and holding the other end by the electric wire holder A, the electric wire 2 is inserted into the insertion hole 26. The other end of the conductor 2b may be inserted, and the other end of the electric wire 2 may be connected to another wiring portion 3 as shown in FIG. 5 (d) for wiring.

After both ends of the electric wire 2 are connected to the wiring points 3 in this way, the chuck hands 1, 1 of the electric wire holder A are completely opened, so that the rib 5 as shown in FIG. The grip by the grip 3 formed by the grip recess 22 and the guide 4 formed by the guide recess 23 of the guide rib 6 is released. Thus, when the chuck hands 1, 1 are completely opened, the gap between the tips of the guide ribs 6 is opened larger than the diameter of the electric wire 2. Therefore, the electric wire holder A is opened and the electric wire holder A is detached from the electric wire 2. You can do it.

As described above, it is not necessary to use a pair of holders 2 and only one holder 2 can be used for wiring both ends of the electric wire 2, and the equipment cost can be reduced. Is. Further, in the above embodiment, since the insulation coating 2a of the electric wire 2 is preliminarily peeled by the coating peeling machine 18, a means for peeling the insulation coating 2a of the electric wire 2 is provided in addition to the holder 2 in the step of wiring the electric wire 2. There is no need to provide it, there is no need to complicate the structure of the holder 2, the structure of the holder 2 becomes simple and the weight becomes lighter, and it is also possible to divert and use a commercially available processing machine. It can be made at low cost.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the gripping part 3 and the guide part 4 are integrated to form the chuck hand 1 of the wire holder A. The electric wire 2 is grasped and fixed by the grasping portion 3, the electric wire 2 is slidably held by the guide portion 4, and the electric wire 2 is opened according to the opening and closing angle of the grasping portion in the embodiment of FIG. 3 and the guide part 4 are formed separately to form the chuck hand 1 of the electric wire holder A, and the grip part 3 holds and fixes the electric wire 2 in accordance with the respective opening / closing angles of the grip part 3 and the guide part 4. The electric wire 2 can be slidably held by the guide portion 4 or can be opened. That is, as shown in FIG. 6A, a pair of plate-shaped ribs 5, 5 and a plate-shaped guide rib 6 between the ribs 5, 5 are pivotally supported by shaft pins 20 to form the chuck hand 1. The pair of ribs 5 and 5 and the guide rib 6 are driven to open and close independently of each other. Further, as shown in FIG. 6B, each rib 5, 5 is provided with a substantially semicircular holding recess 22 and the guide rib 6 is provided with a substantially V-shaped guide recess 23. . The guide recess 23 is formed larger than the grip recess 22. The grip portion 3 is formed by the rib 5 having the grip recess 22, and the guide portion 4 is formed by the guide rib 6 having the guide recess 23.

In the electric wire holder A thus formed, when the rib 5 and the guide rib 6 of each chuck hand 1 are rotated inward and closed, as shown in FIG. 7A. The electric wire 2 can be held and fixed by sandwiching the electric wire 2 between the holding portions 3 formed by the holding recesses 22 of the rib 5. At this time, the wire 2 is not gripped between the guide portions 4 formed by the guide recesses 23 of the guide rib 6, and a gap is formed between the outer periphery of the wire 2 and the guide recess 23. There is. Next, when the rib 5 of each chuck hand 1 is rotated outward to open, the electric wire 2 is gripped and fixed to the grip portion 3 formed by the grip recess 22 of the rib 5 as shown in FIG. 7B. However, at this time, the guide ribs 6 are not rotated, and the electric wires 2 are held between the guide portions 4 formed by the guide recesses 23 of the guide ribs 6. Do not fall out of tool A. Therefore, by moving the electric wire holder A in this state, the electric wire holder A can be slid along the electric wire 2 without dropping the electric wire 2. Furthermore, by rotating the guide ribs 6 of each chuck hand 1 outward and opening them, the guide portion 4 formed by the guide recesses 23 of the guide ribs 6 can be opened as shown in FIG. 7C. The electric wire holder A can be opened to separate the electric wire holder A from the electric wire 2. Also in this embodiment, since the electric wire 2 is held between the holding portions 3 formed by forming the holding recess 22 in the narrow rib 5, the electric wire 2 is made to bite into the insulating coating 2a. The electric wire 2 can be securely gripped and fixed with high gripping force. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, a pair of ribs 5 and 5 are provided in each chuck hand 1 so as to be separated from each other via the guide ribs 6, and the grip portions 3 are provided to the ribs 5 and 5. Since the wire 2 is formed, the gripping of the wire 2 is performed by the two gripping portions 3 which are separated from each other, and the gripped wire 2 is prevented from swinging and the positioning of the wire 2 at the time of wiring is easy. This can be done reliably and reliably.

The structure of the wire holder A is not limited to that shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, and the positions and the numbers of the ribs 5 and the guide ribs 6 are particularly limited to those shown in FIGS. 2 and 6. The amount and the stage of the opening angle of the chuck hand 1 are not limited to those shown in FIGS. 2 and 6.

[0020]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, since the chuck hand is provided with the grip portion for gripping and fixing the electric wire and the guide portion capable of sliding in the longitudinal direction of the electric wire while holding the electric wire, After wiring one end with one end being gripped and fixed by the grip, slide the guide to the other end of the wire to grip and fix this end with the grip. Since the other end can be wired, it is possible to connect both ends of the wire by using only one wire holder, and the automatic wiring device has a simple structure and is lightweight. It can be formed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an operation of an embodiment of an electric wire holder according to the present invention, and (a), (b), and (c) are partial front views, respectively.

2A and 2B show one embodiment of the above wire holder, wherein FIG. 2A is a perspective view and FIG. 2B is a partially enlarged perspective view.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an overall configuration of an embodiment of an automatic wiring device used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows a step of receiving the above-mentioned electric wire from the electric wire supply device, and FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (d) are front views showing the procedure of operation.

FIG. 5 shows a step of wiring the above electric wire,
(A) thru | or (d) are front views which show the order of operation, respectively.

6A and 6B show another embodiment of the wire holder according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 6A is a perspective view and FIG. 6B is a partially enlarged perspective view.

FIG. 7 shows the operation of the above wire holder,
(A), (b), (c) is a partial front view, respectively.

FIG. 8 shows a conventional example, in which (a) and (b) are partial perspective views.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 chuck hand 2 electric wire 3 gripping part 4 guide part 5 rib 6 guide rib

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An electric wire holder formed by including a chuck hand that opens and closes, holds an electric wire between chuck hands by closing the chuck hand, and releases the electric wire by opening the chuck hand.
An electric wire for an automatic wiring device, characterized in that the chuck hand is provided with a gripping portion for gripping and fixing the electric wire, and a guide portion capable of sliding in the longitudinal direction of the electric wire while holding the electric wire. Holding device. 2. The electric wire holder for an automatic wiring device according to claim 1, wherein the grip portion is formed by a rib. 3. A chuck hand is formed by integrating a grip portion and a guide portion, and the grip portion holds and fixes the electric wire or the guide portion slidably holds the electric wire according to the opening / closing angle of the chuck hand. The electric wire holder of the automatic wiring device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 4. A chuck hand is formed with the gripping part and the guide part separately, and the gripping part grips and fixes the electric wire or slides the electric wire with the guide part according to the respective opening and closing angles of the gripping part and the guide part. The electric wire holder for an automatic wiring device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the electric wire holder is held freely.