JPH08124647A - Housing supplying apparatus and terminal insertion failure detecting mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To supply a housing to a connector receiving tool from a feeder and carry out automatic terminal insertion. CONSTITUTION: A housing supplying apparatus has a rotor 6 which can reversely rotate a housing 2 from a chute 4 at 90 degrees, a chuck 7 which can move up and down and transports the housing 2 to a connector receiving tool 8, a housing guide 10 which positions the housing, and a means 12 to put the connector receiving tool 8 in horizontal state from vertical state. The apparatus is also provided with a reflection-type sensor 17 on the opposite to the rotor and a transmission-type sensor 42 to the connector receiving tool. The rotor, the connector receiving tool 8, etc., are fixed in a fitting way. The sensors are wire-remote-controlled. The chuck 7 is fitted in a guide rail and so supported by a pair of cylinders as to move freely between the cylinders. A movable substrate 95 which supports the connector receiving tool 8 is pushed in direction reverse to the terminal insertion direction by stronger force by a first cylinder than a terminal insertion force and pushed by terminal lock confirming load by a second cylinder in terminal insertion direction. The movable substrate is moved up and down by an elevating means 107.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a housing supply device for supplying a connector housing from a feeder to a connector receiving member by a chuck for automatic terminal insertion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the process of assembling a sub-wiring harness by inserting an electric wire with a terminal into a connector housing (hereinafter referred to as a housing), the housing is manually set to each connector receiving member for each type. Was being inserted. Many types of connector receivers are arranged in parallel according to the type of housing. However, the above-mentioned conventional methods have problems such as poor productivity and defective terminal insertion due to defective insertion of the housing into the connector receiver. In addition, there is a problem that the terminal-attached electric wire is pulled with an excessive force to deform the terminal in the step of confirming the terminal to be locked in the housing.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a housing supply device and mechanism capable of automatically supplying a housing to a connector receiver to assemble a sub wire harness efficiently and reliably. The purpose is to provide.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a rotor arranged at the end of a feeder chute for feeding a housing and capable of reversing 90 degrees by an actuator and a housing inside the rotor. Chuck that moves up and down and moves back and forth to the connector receiver, a housing guide that is disposed in front of the connector receiver and that inserts a housing between a pair of guide pieces, and the connector receiver and the housing guide are perpendicular to each other. It is based on the first structure including a driving means for rotating the housing 90 degrees from the position to a horizontal position and a pay-out cylinder for pushing out the housing from the connector receiving member. Then, a second structure including a reflection type sensor arranged with respect to the housing in the rotor and a transmission type sensor for transmitting light to the bottom of the housing chamber of the connector receiving member standing upright, and the connector receiving device And a base plate for fixing the housing guide are rotated by the drive means, and the connector receiving member is attached to the base.
A third structure in which the housing guide is fitted and fixed to the base plate, respectively, and a bracket plate of the feeder chute and a support plate of the feeder main body are fitted and fixed,
A fourth structure in which the rotor is fitted and fixed to the actuator through an adapter, and the reflection type sensor or the transmission type sensor is fixed to a slider having a female screw, and a male screw screwed to the female screw. A fifth structure that is remotely operated by a support bracket that rotatably holds the male screw and supports the slider and a wire cable connected to the male screw, and the chuck slides on a horizontal guide rail. A sixth structure which is freely engaged and supported on both sides by a pair of cylinders in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail and is movable with respect to the connector receiving member; and a movable substrate which supports the connector receiving member. A slide block that supports the movable substrate, a guide bar that engages the slide block, a fixed substrate that fixes the guide bar, and the fixed base. A first cylinder for urging the movable substrate in a direction opposite to the direction of inserting the terminal into the housing in the connector receiving member, and a sensor for detecting the movement of the movable substrate in the direction of inserting the terminal. A seventh structure in which the urging force of the first cylinder is larger than the terminal insertion force and smaller than the terminal abutting load on the housing, and the movable substrate is provided in the fixed substrate in the terminal insertion direction. A second cylinder for urging and a sensor for detecting the movement of the movable substrate in the direction opposite to the terminal insertion, and the urging force of the second cylinder is set to a load required for confirming the locking of the terminal in the housing. The eighth structure is also effective. A ninth structure is also possible in which the fixed substrate can be moved up and down by an elevating means.

[0005]

In the first structure, the housing supplied from the feeder chute into the rotor has its longitudinal direction oriented to the front by the rotation of the rotor, is inserted into the connector receiving member by the chuck, is inverted to the horizontal position, and is guided by the housing guide. Positioned at. Then, the terminal is automatically inserted into the housing. In the second configuration, the housing inside the rotor is detected by a reflective sensor, which causes reversal of the rotor. The transmissive sensor detects if the housing is fully inserted within the connector receptacle. In the third structure, the connector receiving member and the housing guide can be easily attached and detached by inserting and removing. In the fourth structure, the feeder chute can be easily attached / detached by the same inserting / removing operation.
In the fifth structure, the sensor is moved back and forth or up and down together with the slider by the rotation of the male screw accompanying the rotation of the wire cable. In the sixth structure, the chuck holding the housing is sandwiched on both sides by a pair of cylinders and is centered in a free state. When the housing interferes with the connector receiver, the chuck compresses the cylinder on one side and moves along the guide rail to absorb the misalignment between the housing and the connector receiver.

In the seventh structure, when the terminal interferes with the front end of the housing, the movable substrate compresses the first cylinder and moves in the terminal inserting direction to turn on the sensor and stop the device. The first cylinder is not compressed when the terminals are inserted, and is compressed only when the terminals interfere. The pressure of the first cylinder is set to be equal to or higher than the insertion load of each terminal depending on the type of terminal.
In the eighth structure, when the electric wire with a terminal is pulled in the direction opposite to the terminal insertion for terminal lock confirmation, the movable board compresses the second cylinder and moves, turning on the sensor to detect the terminal lock confirmation completion. . The pressure of the second cylinder is appropriately set according to the locking force of each terminal. In the ninth structure, the movable substrate moves up and down integrally with the fixed substrate, and the housing in the connector receiver is vertically positioned.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a housing supply device according to the present invention. This device 1 comprises a vibrating feeder chute 4 continuous with a stock rail 3 for accommodating a connector housing 2 (hereinafter referred to as a housing) made of synthetic resin, and an actuator (rotating cylinder) located at the end of the feeder chute 4. 5, a rotor 6 reversible by 90 °, a support 16 for supporting the rotor 6 and the actuator 5, an air chuck 7 for holding the housing 2 in the rotor 6 and moving it forward, and a housing from the air chuck 7 2, a connector 9 for receiving the connector 2, a base 9 for fixing the connector 8 and a base plate 11 for fixing the housing guide 10 in front of the connector 8
And a drive means 12 for integrally rotating the pedestal 9 and the base plate 11 by 90 ° in the standing direction.

The rotor 6 has a housing receiving opening 1 on one side.
3, and has a stop wall 14 on the other side, and is fixed to the rotary shaft 15 of the actuator 5. A reflection type sensor 17 is arranged on the pillar 16 in front of the rotor 6. The reflection type sensor 17 is located so as to face the front end surface of the housing 2 that has entered the rotor 6, and as shown in FIG.
The presence or absence of accommodation is detected. As a result, the actuator 5 is driven as shown in FIG. 2 (b), and the rotor 6 is reversed by 90 °.

The reflection type sensor 17 may be provided so as to be movable in the front-back direction as shown in FIG. That is, since the distance L from the front end of the housing to the sensor 17 changes when the rotor 6 is exchanged according to the type (total length) of the housing 2,
It is necessary to move the sensor 17 back and forth in order to keep the distance L constant.

In the example of FIG. 3, the reflection type sensor 17 is fixed to a bracket portion 20 of a slider 19 having a female screw 18, the slider 19 is screwed into a male screw 21, and the supporting bracket is rotated as the male screw 21 rotates. It is possible to move inside 22. The male screw 21 is fixed to the distal end of the flexible wire cable 23, and the proximal end of the wire cable 23 is connected to the rotary knob 25 at the frame outer wall 24, for example. Then, by rotating the rotary knob 25, the sensor 17 can be moved back and forth by remote control. Accordingly, the sensor 17 in the narrow supply device 1 can be used rather than using a device (not shown) such as manually moving the slider 19 in the long hole 26 of the support bracket 22 and fixing it to the bracket 22 with a screw (not shown). Can be easily and surely moved.

The housing 2 inverted in FIG. 2 is gripped by the pair of chuck claws 27 of the air chuck 7 of FIG. 1 and is carried to the connector receiver 8. That is, the air chuck 7 is moved up and down on the vertical rack 30 via the pinion 31 by driving an actuator (not shown) together with the mounting substrate 28, and the horizontal rack 32 is driven by driving the actuator 29.
The upper part moves forward and backward by the rotation of the gear 33. The housing 2 is gripped by the chuck 7, lifted from the rotor 6, and moved to above the connector receiver 8.

The connector receiver 8 receives the housing 2 in an upright state as shown in FIG. That is, the base 9 and the substrate 11 are integrally rotated vertically about the horizontal rotation shaft 34 by the drive means 12 shown in FIG.
To stand up. As shown in FIG. 1, the connector receiver 8 has a rotating shaft 3
4, the rotation shaft 34 is supported by a bearing plate 125 and is connected to the pulley 122.
It is fixed to a movable substrate 95 described in detail in Section 5. The driving means 12 includes a pulley 121 connected to the rotary shaft of the actuator 120 and a pulley 122 connected to the rotary shaft 34.
And a belt 123 connecting the two pulleys 121 and 122. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the housing 2 held by the chuck 7 is lowered into the housing chamber 35 of the connector receiving member 8 and inserted into the housing chamber 35 of the connector receiving member 8.

The connector receiving member 8 is provided with a locking arm 37 for the locking protrusion 36 of the housing 2. The locking arm 37 rotates about a shaft 38 as a fulcrum, and a base end opposite to the locking claw 39 at the tip is urged by a spring 40 in the locking direction. When the connector receiver 8 is in the upright state, the base end of the locking arm 37 contacts the outer stopper 41,
The locking claw 39 is separated in the releasing direction against the spring 40.

A pair of transmissive photoelectric sensors 42 are arranged on both sides of the upright connector receiver 8 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, and whether or not the housing 2 is securely set by the sensors 42. To be detected. That is, in FIG. 5, a pair of through holes 43 are provided on both sides of the connector receiver 8.
The presence of a gap S between the housing 2 and the housing chamber bottom surface 45 of the connector receiver 8 is detected by the light 44 entering from the through hole 43 as shown in FIG. 4 (a). When the gap S disappears, the sensor 42 is turned on, and in response to this, the chuck 7 releases the housing 2 and moves up.

The transmissive sensor 42 is fixed to a vertical plate-shaped bracket 46 as shown in FIG. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 6, the horizontal plate portion 4 of the inverted L-shaped bracket 47 that can move up and down.
It may be fixed at 8. A horizontal protrusion 49 is provided on the back surface of the bracket 47, and the sensor 42 can be moved up and down by a height adjusting screw 52 screwed between the protrusion 49 and the protrusion 51 from the vertical frame substrate 50. . As a result, the sensor 42 can be made to follow the position of the through hole 43 (FIG. 5) or the notch groove 53 (FIG. 6) of the connector receiver 8 that has been set up according to the type (total length) of the housing 2. . This is necessary in order to always insert the terminals while keeping the positions of the front end faces of the housings 2 having different lengths constant.

Instead of this sensor elevating means (52), FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, it may be remotely operable by using the wire cable 54 similarly to the reflection type sensor 17 of FIG.
In this case, the transmissive sensor 42 is fixed to the slider 56 via the bracket 55, and the slider 56 can be vertically moved along the support bracket 58 by being screwed into the vertical male screw 57. The male screw 57 is fixed to the inner cable 54a, the inner cable 54a is connected to the knob 59 at the frame outer wall 61, and the outer cable 54b is fixed between the support bracket 58 and the frame inner wall 60. The proper position of the sensor 42 (or 17 in FIG. 3) that moves by remote control can be detected by a lamp display or the like.

In the example of FIG. 6, the connector receiving member 8 is fixed to the base 9 with one touch. That is, a positioning groove 64 and a through hole 64a communicating with the positioning groove 64 are formed on one side wall 62 of the base 9, and a slit 65 and an engaging hole 66 communicating with the slit 65 are formed on the other side wall 63. There is. Further, the connector receiving member 8 has the positioning groove 6 on one side.
4 and the engaging projection 67a for the through hole 64a are formed to project, and the thin shaft portion 68 for the slit 65 is formed on the other side, the thick shaft portion 69 continuous with the thin shaft portion 68 for the engaging hole 66, and the operating portion ( Knobs 69a are formed to project. The engagement protrusion 67a, the thin shaft portion 68, the thick shaft portion 69, and the operation portion 69a.
Are integrally formed with a slide shaft 67 that penetrates the connector receiver 8. The connector receiver 8 has side walls 62, 6
3 and the engaging projection 67a is positioned in the positioning groove 64.
After the thin shaft portion 68 is inserted into the slit 65, the operation portion 69a is pushed in the axial direction, and the projection 67a is inserted into the through hole 64a and the thick shaft portion 69 is inserted into the engaging hole 66, respectively, and fixed. .

The housing guide 10 is also a substrate 11
By forming the fitting convex portion 71 with respect to the groove 70, it is possible to attach and detach the substrate 11 with one touch. Stoppers 124 are provided at both ends of the groove 70 so that the housing guide 10 is tightly fixed between the stoppers 124. The stopper 124 may be provided with a locking projection (not shown), and the fitting projection 71 may be provided with an engaging hole for the locking projection.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the rotor 6 holding the housing 2 may be freely drawn on the rotary cylinder 5 via the adapter 72. The rotor 6 has a boss portion 73, and the adapter 72 has an engagement hole 74 for the boss portion 73.
And a set screw hole 75. Further feeder shoot 4
The pin portion 77 is projected on the plate-shaped bracket 76 that is hung down on the feeder bracket 78, and the feeder main body 78 is fitted with the fitting groove 7 for the pin portion 77.
A support plate 80 having 9 is erected, and the feeder chute 4
May be removable with one touch. With these structures, quick setup change can be performed according to the type of the housing 2, and it is possible to produce a wide variety of connectors with one supply device 1.

On the other hand, when the housing 2 is inserted into the connector receiving member 8 in FIG. 4 and the chuck claw 27 holds the housing 2 off-center, the housing 2 is inserted into the connector receiving member 8. Not done smoothly. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 9 to 10, the air chuck 7 may be slidable in the direction of the misalignment C and supported by being sandwiched by a pair of air cylinders 82.

That is, the air chuck mounting plate 28a of FIG.
Is provided with a guide rail 83 extending in the misalignment direction, the guide rail 83 is engaged with the slide portion 84 at the upper portion of the air chuck, and the pair of ear plates 85 hung from the mounting plate 28a are respectively provided with air cylinders 82 ₁ , 82 ₂ are provided in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail, and a pair of air cylinders 82
The tip ends of the rods 86 of ₁ and 82 ₂ are respectively brought into contact with the side surfaces (front and rear surfaces) of the air chuck 7, and the air cylinders 8
The air chuck 7 can be moved in the misalignment direction by the expansion and contraction action of 2 ₁ and 82 ₂ .

In the free state, the air cylinders 82 ₁ and 82 ₂ push the air chuck 7 with equal pressure to center it. In FIG. 9, when the air chuck 7 holds the housing 2 in a decentered state, when the air chuck descends, the lower end 2a of the housing 2 is attached to the connector receiver 8.
10, the air chuck 7 pushes the cylinder 82 ₂ on the opposite side to abut the opening chamfer 35a to absorb the misalignment C. When the lower end of the housing 2 comes into contact with the outside of the opening chamfer 35a of the connector receiver 8, the cylinder 82 ₁ on the abutting side is pressurized and expanded so that the center of the housing 2 and the center of the housing chamber 35 coincide with each other. It is also possible.

When the housing 2 is completely inserted into the connector receiver 8, the connector receiver 8 is horizontally rotated as shown in FIG. 11 in response to the signal from the transmission type sensor 42 shown in FIG.
Here, the locking arm 37 is separated from the stopper 41, and the spring 4
With the urging force of 0, the locking claw 39 locks the lock protrusion 3 of the housing 2.
Engage 6 Then, as shown in FIG. 12, the housing guide 1
Between 0, the housing 2 is positioned and fixed in the width direction without rattling. As shown in FIG. 1, the housing guide 10 comprises a pair of left and right guide pieces 88 having guide chamfers 88a on the inside of the tip, which are positioned and fixed in a groove 90 of a substrate 89, and the housing 2 includes a pair of guide pieces. It is inserted along the inner surface of 88.

Then, as shown in FIG. 13, the terminal with electric wire 91 is inserted into the housing 2. The terminal 91 with electric wire has a terminal claw 92.
It is gripped by the wire claw 93 and is guided to the required terminal accommodating chamber 94. If you insert the terminal 91,
In consideration of the case where the terminal abuts on the front end 2a of the housing, a mechanism for detecting abnormal contact of the terminals may be provided as shown in FIGS.

That is, in FIG. 14, when the terminal claw 92 inserts the tip of the terminal 91 into the housing 2 and the terminal 91 abuts the housing 2 as shown by the arrow B and the housing 2 is pushed, the connector receiving portion 8 is pushed. Horizontal movable substrate 95 supported
Slides in the pressing direction along the guide bar 96, and one proximity switch 98 ₁ fixed to the fixed substrate 97 is turned on by the slide block 99 for the guide bar 96,
The device 1 is stopped. Thereby, the insertion abnormality is detected.

The guide bar 96 is fixed between a pair of ear plates 100 provided upright on a fixed base plate 97 as shown in FIG. 16, and the slide block 99 is slidably engaged with the guide bar 96. The movable substrate 95 is fixed to the slide block 99. Further, in FIG. 14, an air cylinder 101 is arranged in parallel below the movable substrate 95, and a rod 102 of the air cylinder 101 is in contact with an adjusting bolt 103 provided at one end of the movable substrate 95. The cylinder 101 is fixed to a fixed substrate 97. The internal pressure of the cylinder 101, that is, the force required to compress the rod is set to be larger than the insertion force of the terminal 91 into the housing 2 of FIG. 13 and smaller than the contact force of the chuck claw 92 with respect to the housing 2.

After inserting the terminal tip portion, the terminal claw 92 is raised and retracted as shown in FIG.
Completes by pushing the terminal 91 completely. After that, the wire claw 93 is pulled backward as shown by the arrow B to check the locking of the terminal 91 (check the locking of the terminal 91 with respect to the flexible locking lance in the housing 2). 95
So as not to move in the wire pulling direction (direction B), an air cylinder 104 opposite to the cylinder 101 is provided on the fixed substrate 97, and the cylinder 104 is attached to the adjusting bolt 106 provided on the other end of the movable substrate 95. The rod 105 of is contacted. The cylinder 104 is loaded with an internal pressure necessary for confirming the terminal lock. When the electric wire 91a is pulled, the movable substrate 95 retreats against the pressure of the cylinder 104, and the slide block 99 causes the other proximity sensor 98 to move. ₂ is turned on and the terminal lock OK is confirmed.

In FIG. 16, reference numeral 107 denotes a screw shaft for moving the fixed substrate 97 up and down. The vertical movement of the fixed substrate 97, that is, the vertical movement of the housing 2 is necessary when the terminals 91 are put into the upper and lower accommodation chambers 94 in FIG. The screw shaft 1
An elevating plate 108 is screwed onto 07, and the elevating plate 108 is fixed to a fixed substrate 97. The screw shaft 107 is rotated by a motor 110 fixed to a frame substrate 109 below the fixed substrate 97. Screw shaft 107 and lifting plate 108
And a motor 110 for raising and lowering means 126 with respect to the fixed substrate 97.
Is configured. The positioning in the width direction of the housing is shown in Fig. 1.
In step 3, the grip claws 92 and 93 are moved laterally.

Since the internal pressures of the air cylinders 101 and 104 are constant according to the mechanism of FIGS. 14 to 16, even if the pushing stroke of the housing 2 or the pulling stroke of the terminal 91 changes, the inspection is always performed with a constant force. be able to. Further, by changing the pressure of the cylinders 101, 104 according to the strength of the housing 2, the terminal 91 and the electric wire 91a, it is possible to properly inspect various connectors.

The housing 2 which has accommodated the terminals 91, that is, the connector 110 is pushed out from the connector receiving portion 8 by the payout cylinder 111 as shown in FIGS. The pay-out cylinder 111 is located behind the connector receiving portion 8. The connector receiving portion 8 is provided with a pushing shaft 113 that abuts the housing 2 via a spring 114,
The base end of the shaft 113 is projected to the outside by a spring bias and can come into contact with the rod 112 of the payout cylinder 111.

A lock releasing cylinder 115 for the locking arm 37 is arranged below the connector receiving portion 8. When the payout cylinder 111 is driven, the rod 116 of the releasing cylinder 115 extends to drive the locking arm as shown in FIG. The base end of 37 is pressed against the spring 40, and the locking claw 39 at the arm tip is separated to the outside. As a result, the connector 110 is unlocked, and the payout cylinder 11 is released.
The connector 110 is pushed out by 1 and sent to the next wire harness assembly process.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the first aspect, the housing is automatically supplied from the feeder chute to the connector receiving member and further inverted to the horizontal position to enable automatic terminal insertion from the horizontal direction. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently produce the connector and the wire harness. Further, in the second aspect, since the housing state of the housing in the rotor or the connector receiving member can be reliably detected by the respective sensors, it is possible to prevent transport abnormality and terminal insertion failure due to housing housing failure.

In the third to fourth aspects, the connector receiver, the housing guide, and the feeder chute can be attached / detached with one touch, so that it is possible to perform the setup change of each part such as the connector receiver due to the change of the housing type in a short time. A single device can support the production of various types of sub-harnesses. Further, since the position of each sensor can be changed by remote control in claim 5, it is possible to safely and easily perform the setup change accompanying the change of the housing type without putting a hand inside the narrow device. Further, according to the present invention, since the pair of cylinders absorbs the misalignment between the housing held by the chuck and the connector receiver, the housing supply failure to the connector receiver is eliminated, and the productivity is lowered due to the temporary stop of the apparatus. To be prevented.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the terminal can be surely inserted without moving the movable substrate by the action of the first cylinder, and the interference between the terminal and the housing at the time of inserting the terminal can be detected by the movement of the movable substrate. Therefore, the device can be stopped in conjunction with the sensor, and the interference load can be absorbed by the movement of the movable substrate to prevent the terminals and the housing from being damaged. Further, in the invention, since the movable substrate moves by the action of the second cylinder by the terminal locking confirmation force, that is, the force pulling the electric wire with the terminal, an unreasonable force does not act on the terminal and the housing, and the terminal and the housing are not deformed. To be prevented.

Furthermore, in claims 7 and 8, the pressure of each cylinder is always constant during the compression stroke, so the accuracy of inspection for terminal insertion or terminal lock confirmation is improved. Further, since the pressure of each cylinder can be easily and appropriately changed according to the type of terminal or housing, it is possible to cope with the production of various types of sub-harnesses. Further, according to the tenth aspect, since the housing can be raised and lowered, the terminals can be selectively inserted into the upper and lower housing chambers of the housing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a housing supply device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a feeder chute, in which (a) is a plan view before a rotor is rotated and (b) is a plan view after a rotor is rotated.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where a housing on the rotor is detected by a reflection type sensor.

4A and 4B show a state in which a housing is inserted into a connector receiver, FIG. 4A is a vertical sectional view during insertion, and FIG. 4B is a vertical sectional view after completion of insertion.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the housing of the connector receiver is detected by a transmissive sensor.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing a moving mechanism of the transmissive sensor, an assembling mechanism of a connector receiver and a housing guide.

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view showing a moving mechanism of a transmissive sensor by remote control.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing an assembly structure of a rotor and a feeder chute.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a moving mechanism of the housing chuck.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing the same operation.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing a state in which the connector receiver is rotated.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing the housing engaged with the housing guide.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a state in which a terminal is inserted into a housing.

FIG. 14 is a side view showing a mechanism for detecting a terminal insertion abnormality.

FIG. 15 is a side view showing a mechanism for confirming terminal locking.

16 is a perspective view showing a detailed example of the mechanism of FIGS. 14 and 15. FIG.

FIG. 17 is a side view showing a state where the connector is paid out from the connector receiving tool.

FIG. 18 is a side view showing a state in which the connector has been paid out.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 Feeder Chute 5 Actuator 6 Rotor 7 Chuck 8 Connector Receiver 9 Pedestal 10 Housing Guide 11 Plate 12 Drive Means 17 Reflective Sensor 19,56 Slider 21,57 Male Screw 22,58 Support Bracket 23,54 Wire Cable 42 Transmissive Sensor 72 Adapter 76 Bracket Plate 80 Support Plate 82 ₁ , 82 ₂ Cylinder 83 Guide Rail 95 Movable Board 96 Guide Bar 97 Fixed Board 98 ₁ , 98 ₂ Sensor 99 Slide Block 101 First Cylinder 104 Second Cylinder 111 Discharge Cylinder 126 Elevator

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A rotor disposed at the end of a feeder chute that feeds a housing and capable of reversing 90 degrees by an actuator, a chuck capable of lifting and lowering and moving the housing inside the rotor to a connector receiving member, A housing guide, which is disposed in front of the connector receiving member, for inserting the housing between the pair of guide pieces, a driving means for rotating the connector receiving member and the housing guide 90 degrees from a vertical position to a horizontal position, and the connector. A housing supply device comprising: a pay-out cylinder for pushing the housing out of the receiving member. 2. A reflection type sensor disposed with respect to the housing in the rotor, and a transmission type sensor for transmitting light to a bottom portion of a housing chamber of a connector receiver that stands upright. The housing supply device according to 1. 3. A pedestal for fixing the connector receiver,
The base plate for fixing the housing guide is rotated by the drive means, the connector receiving member is fitted and fixed to the base, and the housing guide is fixed to the base plate, respectively. Housing feeder. 4. The bracket plate of the feeder chute and the support plate of the feeder main body are fitted and fixed, and the rotor is fitted and fixed to the actuator via an adapter. Housing feeder. 5. The reflection type sensor or the transmission type sensor is fixed to a slider having a female screw, a male screw screwed to the female screw, and a support bracket for rotatably holding the male screw and supporting the slider. And a wire cable connected to the male screw, which is remotely operated. 6. The chuck is slidably engaged with a horizontal guide rail, supported on both sides by a pair of cylinders in the guide rail longitudinal direction, and movable with respect to the connector receiver. The housing supply device according to claim 1. 7. A movable substrate supporting a connector receiver,
A slide block that supports the movable substrate, a guide bar that engages the slide block, a fixed substrate that fixes the guide bar, and a terminal insertion direction to a housing provided in the fixed substrate and in the connector receiver. A first cylinder that urges the movable substrate in a direction opposite to the direction described above, and a sensor that detects movement of the movable substrate in the terminal insertion direction,
A terminal insertion failure detection mechanism characterized in that the urging force of the first cylinder is larger than the terminal insertion force and smaller than the terminal abutting load on the housing. 8. A second cylinder provided on the fixed substrate for urging the movable substrate in the terminal insertion direction, and a sensor for detecting movement of the movable substrate in a direction opposite to the terminal insertion. The terminal insertion failure detection mechanism according to claim 7, wherein the urging force of the cylinder is set to a load required to confirm locking of the terminal in the housing. 9. The housing supply device according to claim 1, further comprising a terminal insertion defect detection mechanism according to claim 8. 10. The housing supply device according to claim 9, wherein the fixed substrate according to claim 8 can be moved up and down by an elevating means.