JPH08222048A - Taking-in device for wire bundle assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To automatically take in a wire bundle assembly automatically produced by a producing equipment, and arrange it into a required form. CONSTITUTION: This device has a device 8 for bundling a wire bundle assembly received from a producing equipment 1. It also has a device 9 for carrying the wire bundle assembly bundled by the device 8 as it is, and also a device 200 for correcting the wire bundle assembly to a form facilitating an aftertreatment such as taping. The wire bundle assembly can be thus received from the producing equipment 1 and arranged into a required form. Accordingly, its stock and aftertreatment are facilitated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wire bundle assembly intake device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A wire harness or a sub-assembly constituting the wire harness (hereinafter collectively referred to as "electric wire bundle assembly") is an electric wiring comprising a large number of electric wires, terminals, connectors, etc. incorporated in an automobile, a copying machine or the like. System. Such an electric wire bundle assembly is a production process for automatic production, a peeling process of peeling the end of the electric wire cut into a predetermined length, and a crimping process of crimping the terminal to the core wire of the electric wire exposed by the peeling process. And a terminal insertion step of inserting the crimped terminal into the connector housing and the like (see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-313872).

Since the above-mentioned wire bundle assembly has a large number of electric wires as a main part and is a product whose shape is difficult to specify, such as easy to disperse, the wire bundle assembly is configured as a product specification. There is a case where temporary tape fastening is required to tape the vicinity of the end of the electric wire (mainly a portion connected to the connector housing) or the lower portion thereof. For example, the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-313872 discloses a technique of binding each electric wire constituting the electric wire bundle assembly with a tape (page 8, upper left column, line 4-5).

Alternatively, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-63285, electric wires are laid in a clamp fixed to a conveyor extending in a predetermined conveying direction, and the electric wires laid on the conveyor are conveyed in the conveying direction over the entire length. 2 and 7 show a configuration in which the wires of the wire bundle assembly are partially taped by being arranged.

[0005]

As described above, the wire bundle assembly is a product whose form is difficult to specify. Therefore, when the manufactured product is taken in from the above production facility, it must be handled manually. I was counting on. Therefore, when it is necessary to bundle the completed wire bundle assemblies, automation is difficult. For example, when performing the temporary tape fastening as described above, when it is necessary to bundle the wires forming the wire bundle assembly, it is necessary to manually convey the wire bundle assembly to the taping device. Was difficult.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an electric wire bundle assembly take-in device capable of automatically taking in an electric wire bundle assembly automatically produced by a production facility and arranging it into a desired form. It is intended to be provided.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the first aspect of the present invention is that a plurality of connector housings juxtaposed along one direction are connected with electric wires to connect the electric wire bundle. In an electric wire bundle assembly take-in device that is attached to a production facility for automatically producing solids and takes in the manufactured electric wire bundle assembly, by facing the electric wire bundle assembly in a direction parallel to the direction in which the connector housing is juxtaposed. A receiving member that receives the electric wire bundle assembly from the production facility, and a pressing member that bundles a portion of the received electric wire bundle assembly near the connector housing of the electric wire bundle to one end side of the receiving member. This is a device for taking in an electric wire bundle assembly.

The structure according to claim 2 is manufactured by being installed together with a production facility for automatically producing an electric wire bundle assembly by connecting electric wires to a plurality of connector housings juxtaposed in one direction. In a device for taking in an electric wire bundle assembly for taking in the electric wire bundle assembly, a holding member for receiving and holding the electric wire constituting the electric wire bundle assembly near the connector housing in a bound state, and a holding member in cooperation with the holding member. It is provided with a temporary holding member that temporarily holds each electric wire in an opened state while applying tension to the electric wire portion of each electric wire by operating the electric wires in the longitudinal direction thereof. It is a device for taking in an electric wire bundle assembly.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the wire bundle assembly taking-in device according to the second aspect, the tension is maintained in the wire bundle assembly held by the gripping member and the temporary holding member. It further comprises a transport unit that receives the state and transports it to a device for performing post-processing.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the wire bundle assembly take-in device according to the second or third aspect, the temporary holding member is a brush member that elastically comes into sliding contact with an electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly. , And a pair of gripping claws for sandwiching the wire bundle assembly via the brush member.

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the wire bundle assembly automatically produced by the production facility is delivered to the receiving member while being held in the production facility. Then, the delivered electric wire bundle assembly is bundled on the receiving member by the pressing member.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the portion of the bundled electric wire bundle assembly in the vicinity of the connector housing is held by the holding member. Further, the electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly is handled so that the electric wire bundle assembly is exposed in a tensioned state. As a result, the shape of the wire bundle assembly is adjusted so that post-processing such as temporary tape fastening can be easily performed. Also,
With the structure according to the third aspect, the electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly to which the tension is applied can be automatically conveyed to the device for performing the post-processing.

Further, in the structure according to the fourth aspect, when the temporary holding member cooperates with the holding member to handle the electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly, the holding claw holds the electric wire portion through the brush member. Since the brush member is brought into sliding contact with the electric wire portion, it is possible to prevent excessive frictional resistance from being generated on the surface of the electric wire portion.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main part of a wire harness production facility adopting a product intake device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing a part of FIG. 1 omitted. .

First, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the wire harness production facility 1 includes an electric wire carrier device 10, a delivery device 2, an electric wire connecting device 3, a connector housing holding device 4, a connector housing supplying device 5, And a connector housing transfer device 6. As will be described later in detail, the device for taking in the electric wire bundle assembly according to the present embodiment is provided with an electric wire bundle collecting device 8, which is attached to the production facility 1.
The wire bundle transport device 9, the wire bundle straightening device 200, the taping device 300, and the wire bundle moving device 400 are provided.

With reference to FIG. 2, the electric wire conveying device 10 of the production facility 1 includes an endless belt 11 and an electric wire clamp 12 fixed on the endless belt 11, and a pair of electric wire clamps 12 is provided. , 12 grips one end and the other end of the scaled covered electric wire W, and intermittently conveys the covered electric wire W in a state in which the middle portion of the covered electric wire W is hung in a substantially U shape. . In this embodiment, the electric wire clamp 12
The end portion of the covered electric wire W gripped by is along one horizontal direction, and the endless belt 11 conveys each covered electric wire W in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the horizontal direction. . Then, the manufacturing facility 1 intermittently circulates the endless belt 11 while the electric wire clamp 12 holds the measured covered electric wire W,
This is a well-known method in which the gripped covered electric wire W is sequentially subjected to a peeling process and a terminal crimping process. In the following description, the direction in which the endless belt 11 conveys the covered electric wire W is the X direction, the horizontal direction orthogonal to the X direction is the Y direction, and the vertical direction is the Z direction.
Called direction.

The covered electric wire W which has been subjected to the terminal crimping process is delivered to the electric wire connecting device 3 through the well-known delivering device 2. The electric wire connecting device 3 includes a pair of manipulators 31 for holding the end portions of the covered electric wires W, and a transfer driving device 32 for transferring the manipulator 31, and the transfer driving device 32 transfers the manipulator 31 to the delivery device. 2 to receive the covered electric wire W, and further to convey the manipulator 31 to the connector housing holding device 4 to transfer the covered electric wire W to the connector housing via a terminal fitting crimped at its end. It is for inserting into.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the structure of the connector housing holding device 4. Referring to the figure, the connector housing holding device 4 includes a terminal insertion drawing board 41, a drawing board mounting member 42 for mounting the terminal insertion drawing board 41, and a board mounting member 42 around the horizontal axis S along the X direction. A support member 43 that rotatably supports the drawing plate mounting member 42, and a rotation drive unit 44 that rotates the drawing plate mounting member 42 by 1/2 rotation about the horizontal axis S at a predetermined timing.

The terminal insertion drawing board 41 sets a plurality of connector housings C (only one is shown in FIG. 3) in parallel with the horizontal axis S at predetermined intervals. The terminal insertion drawing board 41 is provided with a positioning jig 45 at the set position of each connector housing C.
The connector housing C is positioned. Also,
In order to fix the positioned connector housing C,
A fixing jig (not shown) is attached to each positioning jig 45.

The drawing plate mounting member 42 is a prismatic member along the horizontal axis S. The drawing plate mounting member 42 has a pair of surfaces facing each other in the Y direction. The terminal insertion drawing board 41 is removably attached to each surface while being positioned by a knock pin or the like (not shown). A cylinder (not shown) for driving the fixing jig of the terminal insertion drawing board 41 is attached to the drawing board mounting member 42.

A support shaft 46 extending along the horizontal axis S is projectingly provided on the drawing plate mounting member 42, and is rotated by the support member 43 via the support shaft 46 and a bearing 47 that supports the support shaft 46. Supported as possible. The support member 43 is provided with a pair of columns 48 that are opposed to each other at a predetermined distance in the X direction, and the board mounting member 42 is installed between the columns 48.

On one of the columns 48, the rotation drive section 44 is attached.
Is built in. The rotation drive unit 44 transmits the rotation of the rotary actuator 44a to the support shaft 46 of the drawing plate mounting member 42 via the gear device 44b, thereby rotationally driving the drawing plate mounting member 42 by 1/2 rotation. Is. The rotation driving of the drawing board mounting member 42 is automatically performed at the time when the partial binding process described later is completed. The drawing plate mounting member 42 is positioned by a knock pin or the like every time it is rotationally driven by 1/2 rotation.

In order to supply the connector housing C to the connector housing holding device 4, the production facility 1 has a connector housing supplying device 5 facing the wire connecting device 3 in the Y direction with the connector housing holding device 4 interposed therebetween.
Is attached. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a connector housing supply device used in the wire harness manufacturing facility.

Referring to FIG. 4, the connector housing supply device 5 of this embodiment is provided with a frame body 51 which is substantially L-shaped when seen in a plan view. The upper surface of the frame body 51 is defined as a square housing supply surface 52 having sides 52A facing in the Y direction with respect to the terminal insertion drawing board 41 of the connector housing holding device 4, and an X direction with respect to the housing supply surface 52. The first working surface 53 adjacent to the upstream side and the housing supply surface 52
And a second working surface 54 sandwiching the connector housing supply device 5 in the Y direction.

Referring to FIG. 4, a positioning pallet 55 for positioning the connector housing is placed on the first and second work surfaces 53, 54. The pallet 55 is for arranging the connector housings C required for one electric wire bundle assembly A in a line along the X direction and for laying out in a plurality of rows, preventing supply errors of component types, and
It is designed for precise positioning.

Each pallet 55 is constructed so that it can be selectively moved to the housing supply surface 52 by a transport rail 56. A cylinder 57 is attached to each of the work surfaces 53 and 54 on the side opposite to the housing supply surface 52, so that the cylinder 57 can alternatively convey the pallet 55 to the housing supply surface 52. Is configured. In this embodiment, the operator is the first
By standing up in the corners defined by the work surface 53 and the second work surface 54 of the connector housing C and arranging the connector housings C on the respective pallets 55, the expired pallets 55 are selectively conveyed to the housing supply surface 52. It is possible to continuously supply the connector housing C.

Next, in order to carry the group of connector housings C to the connector housing holding device 4 from the pallet 55 which is carried to the housing supply surface 52, the production equipment 1 is provided with the connector housing holding device 4 and the connector housing supply. A connector housing transfer device 6 is provided between the device 5 and the device 5. FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing the connector housing transport device 6.

2 and 5, the connector housing transfer device 6 can transfer a large number of manipulators 61 arranged in a line corresponding to one row of the pallet 55 and the manipulators 61 in the X, Y, and Z directions. And a transport unit 62. Then, the manipulators 61 are driven all at once by the transport unit 62, the connector housings C are gripped from the pallet 55 one row at a time, and the connector housings C are transported to the positioning jig 45 of the connector housing holding device 4. Has been done. In the present embodiment, the housing supply surface 52 of the connector housing supply device 5 has the side 52 of the housing supply surface 52.
A connector positioning unit 7 attached to A is installed, and the connector positioning unit 7 is configured to position a plurality of types of connector housings C to be supplied to the connector housing holding device 4 at the same reference position. . Then, the connector housing transporting device 6 once transports the plurality of connector housings C held by the manipulator 61 to the connector positioning unit 7 and positions the plurality of types of connector housings C having different shapes and dimensions at the same reference position. The connector housing C to be conveyed to the connector housing holding device 4 is conveyed once by one stroke. The connector positioning unit 7 described above is the same as the Japanese Patent Application No. 5-6-2 previously proposed by the applicant of the present application.
It is disclosed in detail in No. 5199.

The connector housing carrying device 6 completes the wire connecting step and now also removes the connector housing C constituting the wire bundle assembly A. With reference to FIG. 5, the connector housing holding device 4 described above is
In the direction, it is sandwiched between the wire connecting device 3 and the connector housing conveying device 6, and the terminal insertion drawing board 41 is directed to both the devices 3 and 6. In this state, first, the connector housing transport device 6 supplies the connector housing C from the connector positioning unit 7 to the one terminal insertion drawing board 41. Then, attach the drawing plate mounting member 42 to 1 /
When the terminal insertion drawing board 41, to which the connector housing C is supplied, is turned twice and the other terminal insertion drawing board 41 is directed to the connector housing conveying device 6, the electric wire connecting device 3 is rotated. Connects the covered electric wire W delivered from the delivery device 2 to a predetermined connector housing C. If the connector housing C is not attached to the positioning jig 45 of the other terminal insertion drawing board 41, the connector housing C is supplied during the operation of the wire connecting device 3.

Next, when both the connection of the covered electric wire W and the supply of the connector housing C are completed, the board mounting member 4
2 turns 1/2 turn again. As a result, the covered electric wire W is connected, the connector housing C constituting the electric wire bundle assembly A is again directed to the connector housing transport device 6, and the newly loaded connector housing C not yet connected to the electric wire is connected to the electric wire. It is directed towards the device 3 so that the above-mentioned work can be repeated continuously. At this stage, the connector housing carrying device 6 holds the connector housing C that constitutes the wire bundle assembly A at a time, and holds the wire bundle assembly A in the connector housing holding device 4.
Remove from. At this time, the removed wire bundle assembly A is
It is delivered to the wire bundle collecting device 8 in the device for taking in the wire bundle assembly of this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a schematic structure of the wire bundle collecting device 8. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIGS. 1 and 2, the electric wire bundle collecting device 8 includes a pair of pillars 81 facing each other in the X direction. Both pillars 81 carry a rail base 82 along the X direction. On the upper surface of the rail base 82, a channel 83 having a U-shaped cross section that opens upward,
It is mounted slidably along the X direction. By displacing the channel 83 on the upstream side in the X direction, as shown in FIG.
Between the connector positioning unit 7 and the connector positioning unit 7, and the side plates 83A and 83B thereof receive the wire bundle assembly A.

Returning to FIG. 6, the received wire bundle assembly A
In order to prevent the falling off of the channel 83 from the channel 83, a retaining bar 84 faces the channel 83 above the side plate 83A on the connector housing holding device 4 side. The retaining bar 84 is a cantilever having an end fixed to the downstream end of the channel 83 in the X direction, and is configured to be displaced integrally with the channel 83. In order to move the channel 83 and the retaining bar 84 along the X direction, the pillar 81 has a cylinder 85.
Is suspended. The cylinder 85 has its rod 85A.
Is directed to the upstream side in the X direction, and the connector 86
Is fixed to the lower end of the channel 83 on the upstream side in the X direction. And the rod 85 of this cylinder 85
By advancing and retracting A, the wire bundle assembly A can be displaced between the receiving position (see FIGS. 5 and 15) where the wire bundle assembly A can be received as described above and the recovery position.

After receiving the wire bundle assembly A, the wire bundle assembly A is squeezed to the downstream side in the X direction from the channel 83 displaced to the collecting position, and is delivered to the wire bundle transporting device 9 described later for the pillar 81. Beams 8 along the X direction
7 is integrally formed, and a moving body 88 that moves along a rail 87A provided on the side surface of the beam 87 is provided. The moving body 88 is an actuator 88A.
Are integrally carried. The actuator 88A is attached in a posture inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to the Z direction, and moves the link piece 88C forward and backward in the inclined direction. The link piece 88C is connected to the pressing element 88D via a cam mechanism (not shown), and the actuator 88A rotatably supports the pressing element 88D. As a result, the pusher 88D is configured to be displaceable between the retracted position shown in FIG. 6 and the engagement position shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view showing a main part of the wire bundle collecting device 8. As shown in the figure, the pusher 88D is for pushing the covered electric wire W of the electric wire bundle assembly A to the downstream side in the X direction, and a groove for engaging the side plate 83B of the channel 83 in the lower portion thereof. Equipped with 88E. On the other hand, FIG.
, The other side plate 83B of the channel 83 as shown in FIG.
Has an inclined surface 83C formed on the upstream side in the X direction to facilitate reception of the pusher 88D, and the collected wire bundle assembly A is transferred to the wire bundle transporting device 9 described later on the X direction downstream side. An inclined surface 83D is formed for easy transfer.

Next, an electric wire bundle conveying device 9 for receiving the electric wire bundle assembly A from the electric wire bundle collecting device 8 and conveying it to a predetermined place will be described. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a carrying section of the wire bundle carrying device 9. With reference to FIGS. 6 and 8, the wire bundle transport device 9 includes a pair of substantially long plate-shaped holding pieces 91 and 92. Each holding piece 91, 9
2 are arranged side by side in parallel. One holding piece 9
An actuator 93 is attached to the base end portion of 1. This actuator 93 has the other holding piece 92 with respect to the one holding piece 91 via the rod 93A.
It is configured to be able to approach or separate, and by this,
The wire bundle assembly A can be clamped or released between the clamping pieces 91 and 92.

The sandwiching pieces 91, 92 are attached to a substantially disc-shaped attachment plate 94 in a state where the above displacement is allowed. The mounting plate 94 can be rotated about a horizontal axis by a rotation actuator 95, whereby the holding pieces 91 and 92 can be rotationally displaced in a direction indicated by R in the figure. . In the electric wire bundle receiving posture shown in FIG. 6, each of the sandwiching pieces 91, 92 is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise from the posture of FIG. It is pressed against the inner surface of one side plate 83A.

The rotary actuator 95 is attached to the carrying frame 96. The carrying frame 96 is
It is attached to a lifting actuator 97 via a rotary actuator 96A that is rotatable about the axis in the Z direction, and the lifting actuator 97 is configured to displace the sandwiching pieces 91 and 92 in the Z direction. ing.

The lifting actuator 97 is attached to the moving beam 98. The movable beam 98 holds the lifting actuator 97 so as to be displaceable in the X direction by a ball screw mechanism or the like (not shown). The movable beam 98 is attached to a fixed beam 99 orthogonal to the movable beam 98.
With a ball screw mechanism (not shown) built in 9,
It is configured to be displaceable in any direction.

Referring to FIG. 1, the fixed beam 99 is fixed to the lower surface of the beam portion 501 of the structure 500. In this structure 500, the beam portion 501 extending in the Y direction is integrally formed at both end portions and an intermediate portion of the three-column portion 50.
It is supported by 2, 503 and 504. In addition,
In the following description, the electric wire bundle collection device 8 side of the structure 500 in the Y direction is referred to as the upstream side.

Next, the wire bundle straightening device 200 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Figure 9
10 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a wire bundle straightening device 200 in the wire bundle assembly taking-in device of the present embodiment, and FIG.
FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of the wire bundle straightening device 200 of FIG. 9, and FIG. 11 is a partially broken perspective view showing a main part of the wire bundle straightening device 200 of FIG.

First, referring to FIG. 9, the wire bundle straightening device 2
00 has a rectangular column 201. Prop 201
Is formed in a rectangular shape in plan view, and its long side 201A
Is along the X direction. A fixed manipulator 202 projecting to the downstream side in the Y direction is fixed to the top of the column 201.

Referring to FIG. 10, fixed manipulator 2
02 includes a plate portion 202A fixed to the top of the pillar 201 with a bolt 201A, an actuator 202B fixed onto the plate portion 202A, and a sandwiching portion 202C that is driven to open and close by the actuator 202B.
The long plate 202A is a metal plate member formed in a rectangular shape in plan view extending long in the Y direction, and its base end is fixed to the top of the column 201 by a pair of bolts 201A, so that the tip end is , Y direction, and protrudes to the downstream side.

The actuator 202B includes the long plate 20.
The long plate 20 is arranged on the base end side of the central portion of 2A.
By a pair of screws 202D screwed from the lower surface of 2A,
It is embodied by a detachably attached air cylinder. Then, a pair of link arms 202F, 2F is attached to the tip of the rod 202E of the actuator 202B.
The base end of 02G is pivotally supported by the same shaft 202H,
The free end of each link arm 202F, 202G has a nipping portion 202.
Linked to C.

The sandwiching portion 202C has a base end portion that is thick and a distal end portion that is thin, and has a substantially V shape in plan view.
By pivotally supporting the base end portion of J with a common bolt 202K, the first scissor piece 202L and the second scissor piece 202M are combined in a generally scissor shape, and both scissor pieces 2
This is for sandwiching the electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly A between 02L and 202M.

The first scissor piece 202L is composed of two sandwich plates 20.
2J are made to face each other vertically, and are integrated with each other with a spacer 202N interposed therebetween. The second scissor piece 202M is composed of a single sandwich plate 202J, and its posture is opposite to the first scissor piece 202L in the vertical direction. And each scissor piece 202L, 202
The V-shaped portions of M face each other and face each other.
The scissor piece 202L is formed into a scissor shape by superposing the inside of the base end portion of the second scissor piece 202M on the inside of the base end portion thereof and pivotally supporting the same with the common bolt 202K. The bolt 202K is inserted through the insertion hole 202P of the long plate 202A and is screwed into the nut 202Q facing from the lower surface of the long plate 202A, thereby pivotally supporting the sandwiching portion 202C with respect to the long plate 202A. .

The tip portion of the above-mentioned one link arm 202F is inserted into the first scissor piece 202L of the sandwiching portion 202C and is rotatably linked by the bolt 202R. This bolt 202R is the above bolt 202K
The long plate 202A is inserted through the circular arc hole 202S centered at, and by being screwed into the nut 202T,
It is configured to be displaceable along the arc hole 202S.

The second scissor piece 202M has a tip end portion of the other link arm 202G, which is superposed on the upper surface of the base end portion thereof, and is rotatably linked by a bolt 202U. This bolt 202U is the same as the above bolt 20.
Long plate 202A through an arc hole 202V centered at 2K
And is screwed into the nut 202W so as to be displaceable along the arc hole 202V.

Therefore, when the rod 202E of the actuator 202B extends, each scissor piece 2 of the sandwiching portion 202C.
02L and 202M are circular arc holes 202S and 202 to which the bolts 202R and 202U attached are corresponding.
When the rod 202E is contracted along the V by pushing it toward the tip side of the long plate 202A, the bolts 202K are displaced toward each other with the common bolt 202K as the center, and the scissors pieces 202L and 202M of the sandwiching portion 202C are , Arc holes 202S corresponding to the bolts 202R, 202U,
By returning to the base end side of the long plate 202A along the 202V, the common bolts 202K are displaced in the directions of closing each other. Note that in FIG. 10, 202X
Is a washer for the nut 202Q, 202Y is a nut 2
The 02T washer and 202Z are washers for the nut 202W.

Next, referring to FIG. 11, the pillar 201
A movable manipulator 203 is attached to the so as to be movable in the Z direction. This movable manipulator 203
Is a rectangular slider 203A attached to the outer periphery of the column 201 and the long plate 2 fixed to the slider 203A.
03B, an actuator 203C attached to the long plate 203B, and a sandwiching portion 203D opened and closed by the actuator 203C.

The slider 203A is a metal member which is constructed so as to be vertically displaceable, that is, in the Z direction, by an air actuator, a ball screw mechanism or the like not shown.
The long plate 203B is a metal member welded to the slider 203A. The sandwiching portion 203D is one in which sandwiching plates 203J similar to the fixed manipulator 202 are faced one by one, and is pivotally supported by the long plate 203A, and is opened and closed by a mechanism (not shown) similar to the fixed manipulator 202. It is configured to be possible. Each sandwich plate 203
A brush 203K made of a relatively soft resin is attached to the J-shaped portion.
The electric wire bundle assembly A is configured to be handled via 03K as described later.

In this embodiment, the manipulators 202 and 203 have sandwiching portions 202C and 203D, respectively.
A guide whisker 204 for guiding the electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly A is integrally attached to the tip portion. Beard for guidance 204
Is made of a relatively hard resin. Next, the taping device 300 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 and FIGS. 12 and 13. 12
FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the taping device 300 of this embodiment, and FIG. 13 is a schematic plan view showing the schematic configuration of the taping device 300 of FIG.

First, referring to FIG. 12, the taping device 300 of the present embodiment is arranged on the downstream side of the wire bundle straightening device 200 in the Y direction (see FIG. 2), and the structure 500 described above. A first main body portion 301 attached to a pillar portion 504 provided in the middle of the
01, and a second main body portion 302 facing in the X direction.

The first body 301 is a guide member 301.
It is attached to A. This guide member 301A is
This is for guiding the wire bundle assembly A between the main body portions 301 and 302 along the Y direction as described later. The guide member 301A is a long plate-shaped member fixed to the column portion 504 via a bracket 301B, and its longitudinal direction extends horizontally along the Y direction. In this embodiment, a long hole 301C extending in the Y direction is provided in the bracket 301B so that the mounting position of the guide member 301A in the Y direction can be changed, and the bracket 301B is inserted by a bolt 301D inserted through the long hole 301C.
Are fixed to the pillar portion 504.

On the other hand, the second main body 302 is fixed to the guide member 302A which guides the wire bundle assembly A in cooperation with the guide member 301A. This guide member 30
2A is a structural metal fitting 30 with respect to the top of a columnar body 302B which is erected upright in the X direction with respect to the above-mentioned column 504.
It is fixed via 2C. Therefore, the wire bundle assembly A
Can move in the Y direction between the main body portions 301 and 302 with the electric wire portion along the Z direction. An opening / closing bar 303 is pivotally supported on the guide member 301A carrying the first main body 301.

Next, referring to FIG. 13, the first main body 3
01 and the second main body portion 302 are each configured by vertically stacking thin sheet metal members, and partition a path PH for passing the wire bundle assembly A with each other along the Y direction. ing. In this path PH, the first main body 301
The cam 304A pivotally supported by the lever is inserted by the urging force of a torsion coil spring (not shown). On the cam 304A,
A concave surface 304B that bends with a predetermined curvature is formed,
The concave surface 304B is continuous with the upstream side of the path PH. Furthermore, the concave surface 304B has
By the support shaft 304C arranged at the center of the arc of B, the second
The outer peripheral surface of the taping wheel 304D pivotally supported by the main body 302 faces the slidable contact in the path PH. An adhesive tape 304E wound in a roll is axially supported on the second main body portion 302.
The roll end of 4E has the adhesive surface facing the upstream side of the path PH, and the taping wheel 304D and the concave surface 304B.
Is intervened between.

The taping wheel 304D has a large number of undulations in the radial direction, and the electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly A is placed in the concave portion 304F thereof, whereby the cam 304
In cooperation with the concave surface 304B of A, taping for temporary tape fixing can be applied to the outer periphery of the electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly A passing through the path PH. In this embodiment, in order to facilitate the replacement of the adhesive tape 304E, a slit 304L is provided in the second main body 302, and a tape wheel 304 attached to and detached from the slit 304L.
The adhesive tape 304E can be replaced from the side of the main body 302 via G. Further, as shown in FIG. 12, an opening 305 is formed at a predetermined position of the second main body portion 302 in order to make the setup of the adhesive tape 304E and the remaining amount thereof visible.

Next, a cutter cam 304H pivotally supported by the second main body 302 is provided on the downstream side of the path PH. The cutter cam 304H includes a cam portion 304J that normally enters the path PH and a second main body portion 30 that normally enters from the path PH by a torsion coil spring (not shown).
When the electric wire bundle assembly A is retracted into the path 2, the electric wire bundle assembly A is pushed into the cam portion 304J to enter the path PH and is wound around the electric wire bundle assembly A.
A cutter 304K for cutting the extra length portion of E is integrally provided.

Next, a wire bundle moving device 400 for moving the wire bundle assembly A from the above-mentioned wire bundle straightening device 200 to the taping device 300 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 14. FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the electric wire bundle moving device 400 of this embodiment. First, with reference to FIG. 1, a beam 505 is laterally provided between the pillar portion 504 in the intermediate portion of the structure 500 described above and the pillar portion 502 provided at the end portion on the downstream side in the Y direction relative to the pillar portion 504. It is hung. Inside the beam 505, a slider 401 which is displaceable in the Y direction is attached by a ball screw mechanism (not shown). As shown in FIG. 14, the slider 401 constitutes the main body of the wire bundle moving device 400, and on its side part, three pairs of manipulators 402, 403, 404 facing each other vertically are provided.
Is attached. Each manipulator 402-40
4 is basically the same as the manipulators 202 and 203 of the wire bundle straightening device 200 described above, and each of the long plate portions 402A to 404 extends along the Y direction.
A, actuators 402B to 404B attached to the long plate portions 402A to 404A, and the actuator 4
The sandwiching portion 402C opened and closed by 02B to 404B
It is equipped with 404C.

The sandwiching portions 402C to 404C are oriented to the upstream side in the Y direction. The uppermost manipulator 402 is the main body 30 of the taping device 300 described above.
The two manipulators 403 and 404 are arranged so as to pass over the wire bundle straightening device 200 and receive the wire bundle assembly A near the connector housing from the wire bundle straightening device 200. , 30
It is arranged so as to pass below 2 and receive the electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly A.

The uppermost manipulator 402 is also used.
The other manipulator 40 enters the position immediately below the manipulator 202 in the wire bundle straightening device 200 after the handling step and clamps the wire portion of the wire bundle assembly A.
Reference numerals 3 and 404 denote movable manipulators 2 after handling, respectively.
The upper and lower parts of 03 are set at positions where they sandwich the electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly A, respectively.

Next, the operation of the above-described embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 to 2
3 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of this embodiment. Also,
24 to 28 are schematic plan views showing the operation of the taping device 300. First, referring to FIG. 15, the manufacturing of the wire bundle assembly A is completed, and the connector housing holding device 4
However, when the completed wire bundle assembly A is directed toward the connector housing conveying device 6, the channel 8 of the wire bundle collecting device 8 is
3 and the retaining bar 84 are displaced from the collecting position to the receiving position, and the covered electric wire W of the electric wire bundle assembly A is sandwiched between them. In this state, as described above, the connector housing transporting device 6 causes the connector housing C of the electric wire bundle assembly A to move.
When is removed from the connector housing holding device 3, the channel 83 and the retaining bar 84 move to the downstream side in the X direction and return to the recovery position. During the forward / backward movement of the channel 83 and the retaining bar 84, the wire bundle collecting device 8
The pusher 88D of FIG.
It is retracted to the retracted position shown in FIG.

Next, referring to FIG. 16, when the channel 83 and the retaining bar 84 return to the recovery position, the actuator 88A displaces the pressing element 88D to the engaging position. In this state, the wire bundle assembly A is above the channel 83,
Spread in the X direction. Referring to FIG. 17, presser 88
When D is displaced to the engagement position, the moving body 88 is displaced downstream in the X direction, and the wire bundle assembly A is moved to the downstream end in the X direction of the channel 83 via the pressing element 88D. This allows
The wire bundle assembly A is pressed into the downstream end of the channel 83 and is focused while being compressed in the X direction. As described above, in the present embodiment, when the wire bundle assembly A is delivered to the wire bundle transporting device 9, the wire bundle assembly A can be delivered in a bundled state, so that the delivery operation to the wire bundle transporting device 9 can be performed reliably. It is possible to prevent delivery mistakes.

Referring to FIG. 18, in order to receive the electric wire bundle assembly A collected by the pressing element 88D, the fixed side holding piece 91 of the electric wire bundle conveying device 9 is moved to the movable side as shown in the drawing. It is displaced from the upper side of the sandwiching piece 92 to a vertically opposed posture, and waits for the wire bundle assembly A. In this state, the movable-side holding piece 92 located on the lower side is in pressure contact with the inner side surface of one side plate 83A of the channel 83 and is set to a height slightly lower than the upper surface of the side plate 83A. There is. As a result, as shown in FIG. 19, when the pusher 88D pushes the electric wire bundle assembly A toward the downstream side in the X direction, the electric wire bundle assembly A is smoothly pinched in the X direction and the sandwiching piece 9 is held.
It is sandwiched between 1 and 92.

Next, referring to FIG. 20, a wire bundle assembly A
When the wire bundle is transported to the wire bundle transport device 9, first, the movable side holding piece 92 is driven by the actuator 93.
The wire bundle assembly A is sandwiched between the sandwiching pieces 91 and 92, and further, the sandwiching pieces 9 are formed by the rotary actuator 95.
1 and 92 rotate so that they may face each other horizontally. As a result, the holding pieces 91, 92 hold the wire bundle assembly A with the connector housing C facing upward. And
In this state, the wire bundle transporting device 9 moves to the downstream side in the Y direction, and the pinching portions 202C and 203D of the wire bundle straightening device 200 are moved.
The electric wire bundle assembly A is wrapped around to the electric wire bundle straightening device 20.
0 (see FIG. 21).

As shown in FIG. 21, in this receiving operation, the fixed manipulator 202 of the wire bundle straightening device 200 grips the portion near the connector housing of the wire bundle assembly A, so that the wire bundle assembly A moves. Delivery is done. At this time, the movable manipulator 203
Has moved to the upper side of the column 201 and has opened the pinching portion 203D. In this state, the sandwiching portion 203D of the movable manipulator 203 is closed, the wire portion is sandwiched via the brush 203K, and the movable manipulator 203 is displaced as it is below the support column 201, so that the wire The bundle assembly A is corrected, that is, the electric wire portion is handled.

As shown in FIG. 23, when the handling step is completed, the above-mentioned wire bundle moving device 400 moves to the upstream side in the Y direction, passes the taping device 300, and passes the pinching portions 402C to 404C of the manipulators 402 to 404. It faces the handled wire bundle assembly A and moves to a deliverable state. By this operation, the opening / closing bar 302 of the taping device 300 releases the path PH to the wire bundle assembly A.
From this state, first, the sandwiching portions 402C to 404C are closed to sandwich the wire bundle assembly A, and then the manipulators 202 and 203 of the wire bundle straightening device 200 are opened,
By releasing the wire bundle assembly A, the wire bundle assembly A
Will be delivered.

Then, the wire bundle moving device 400 moves to the downstream side in the Y direction, whereby the wire bundle assembly A is bundled in the tensioned state by the wire bundle straightening device 200 while the taping device 300 is being bundled. Passing through the path PH,
Taping processing will be performed. More specifically, first, as shown in FIG. 24, when the wire bundle assembly A enters the path PH of the taping device 300, the wire bundle assembly A receives the biasing force of a torsion coil spring (not shown). Against the concave surface 304B of the cam 304A, the first main body 30
Try to move to the downstream side while pushing it to the 1 side. At this time, the wire bundle assembly A comes into contact with the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape 304E disposed between the concave surface 304B and the taping wheel 304D, and the recess 30 of the taping wheel 304D is kept as it is.
Enter one of the 4th floor. In this state, taping car 30
When the wire bundle assembly A advances downstream in the path PH while rotating 4D, as shown in FIG.
Since the free end side of 4E adheres to the downstream end side of the concave surface 304B, the adhesive tape 304E bends from the upstream side of the recess 304F into which the electric wire bundle assembly A is inserted (the portion indicated by in FIG. 25), and the electric wire. The adhesive tape 304 at the downstream end of the recess 304F in which the bundle assembly A is inserted
The adhesive part of E (the part shown by in FIG. 25) covers the electric wire bundle assembly A and faces the bent part shown by.

In this state, when the wire bundle assembly A further advances to the downstream side of the path PH, the adhesive tape 304E becomes a portion indicated by and in FIG. Join together. After joining, the adhesive tape 304E joins with the portion on the upstream side of the above-mentioned portion while the portion adhering to the downstream end side of the concave surface 304B is peeled off from the concave surface 304B, and as shown in FIG. , They are in a state of overlapping. Then, the wire bundle assembly A comes out from between the cam 304A and the taping wheel 304D to the downstream side and approaches the cutter cam 304H.

As shown in FIG. 27, the electric wire bundle assembly A now taped to the cam portion 30 of the cutter cam 304H.
When the cutter cam 304H comes into contact with 4J, the cutter cam 304H rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 27, the cam portion 304J retracts into the second main body portion 302, and the wire bundle assembly A is allowed to advance. The cutter 304K retracted in the second main body 302 enters the path PH, and the adhesive tape 3
Cut the extra length of 04E. As a result, as shown in FIG. 28, temporary tape fastening of the wire bundle assembly A is achieved.

As described above, in the configuration of this embodiment, the wire bundle assembly A automatically produced by the production facility 1 is used.
Are transferred to the channel 83 of the wire bundle collecting device 8 while being held in the production facility 1. And
The delivered wire bundle assembly A is
Bundled above the channel 83. Therefore, the present embodiment has an advantage that the bundle of wire bundles A can be taken in from the production facility 1 and automatically conveyed.

Further, in the structure of this embodiment, the fixed manipulator 202 of the wire bundle straightening device 200 grips the portion of the bundled wire bundle assembly A near the connector housing. Further, the electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly A is handled by the movable manipulator 203,
It is exposed under tension. As a result, the shape of the wire bundle assembly A is adjusted so that it can be easily subjected to post-processing such as temporary tape fastening. From this point as well, the wire bundle assembly A
There is an advantage that the subsequent process can be automatically performed.

Further, in the construction of this embodiment, the electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly A to which tension is applied is taped by the taping device 30.
Since it can be automatically conveyed to 0, there is an advantage that the temporary tape fixing of the wire bundle assembly A becomes easy. Further, when the movable manipulator 203 cooperates with the fixed manipulator 202 to handle the electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly A, the pinching portion 203D holds the electric wire portion via the brush 203K and slides the brush 203K onto the electric wire portion. Since they are in contact with each other, it is possible to prevent excessive frictional resistance from being generated on the surface of the electric wire portion. Therefore, there is an advantage that the form of the wire bundle assembly A can be reliably specified without scratching the wire bundle assembly A.

As described above, according to this embodiment, there is a remarkable effect that the wire bundle assembly A automatically produced by the production facility 1 can be automatically taken in and arranged into a desired shape. It should be noted that the above-described embodiments are merely examples of preferred specific examples of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments.

For example, the taping device 300 is exemplified as a device for performing the post-process, but the taping device 3 is used.
It goes without saying that various design changes can be made without changing the gist of the present invention, for example, by adopting a marking device instead of 00.

[0075]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention.
In the configuration described above, the wire bundle assembly is delivered to the receiving member while being held in the production facility, and is bundled on the receiving member by the pressing member. Therefore, the wire bundle assembly is bundled. There is an advantage that it can be taken from the production equipment in the state and automatically conveyed.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the form of the bundled electric wire bundle assembly is adjusted to a state where post-processing such as temporary tape fastening is easily performed, from this point as well, the electric wire bundle assembly is There is an advantage that the subsequent process can be automatically performed. Further, according to the configuration of claim 3, since the electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly to which the tension is applied can be automatically conveyed to the device for performing the post-processing, temporary tape fixing of the electric wire bundle assembly is facilitated. There are advantages.

Further, in the structure of claim 4, when the temporary holding member cooperates with the gripping member to handle the electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly, it is possible to prevent excessive frictional resistance from being generated on the surface of the electric wire portion. Therefore, there is an advantage that the form of the wire bundle assembly can be specified with certainty without scratching the wire bundle assembly. Therefore, according to the present invention, the remarkable effect that the wire bundle assembly automatically produced by the production facility can be automatically taken in and arranged into a desired form.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main part of a wire harness production facility that employs a product introduction device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing a part of FIG. 1 omitted.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a connector housing holding device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a connector housing supply device used in a wire harness manufacturing facility.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing the connector housing transport device.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of an electric wire bundle collecting device.

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a main part of the wire bundle collecting device.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a carrying section of the wire bundle carrying device.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of the wire bundle straightening device in the wire bundle assembly taking-in device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of the wire bundle straightening device of FIG.

11 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a main part of the wire bundle straightening device of FIG. 9. FIG.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the taping device of this embodiment.

13 is a schematic plan view showing a schematic configuration of the taping device of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of an electric wire bundle moving device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of the present embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a schematic perspective view showing the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a schematic plan view showing the operation of the taping device.

FIG. 25 is a schematic plan view showing an enlarged operation of the taping device.

FIG. 26 is a schematic plan view showing the operation of the taping device.

FIG. 27 is a schematic plan view showing the operation of the taping device.

FIG. 28 is a schematic plan view showing the operation of the taping device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A wire bundle assembly C connector housing 1 production facility 8 wire bundle collecting device (part of intake device) 83 channel (receiving member) 88D pusher (pressing member) 9 wire bundle transport device (part of intake device) 200 wire Bundle straightening device (part of intake device) 202 Fixed manipulator (grasping member) 203 Movable manipulator (temporary holding member) 203D Nip part (a pair of gripping claws) 203K Brush (brush member) 400 Wire bundle moving device (transport unit)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An electric wire which is attached to a production facility for automatically producing an electric wire bundle assembly by connecting electric wires to a plurality of connector housings arranged side by side in one direction, and which takes in the manufactured electric wire bundle assembly. In the device for taking in the bundle assembly, a receiving member for receiving the bundle of wires from the production facility by facing the bundle of wires in parallel with a direction in which the connector housings are arranged side by side, and the bundle of wires received 2. A wire bundle assembly take-in device, comprising: a pressing member that bundles a portion of the electric wire near the connector housing toward one end of the receiving member. 2. An electric wire which is attached to a production facility for automatically producing an electric wire bundle assembly by connecting electric wires to a plurality of connector housings arranged side by side along one direction, and which takes in the manufactured electric wire bundle assembly. In the bundle assembly taking-in device, a gripping member that receives and grips each electric wire that constitutes the electric wire bundle assembly in a state in which the vicinity of the connector housing is bundled, and the electric wire in cooperation with the gripping member. Incorporating an electric wire bundle assembly, characterized in that the electric wire bundle assembly is provided with a temporary holding member for temporarily holding each electric wire in a state in which the electric wire portion of each electric wire is released while applying tension to the electric wire by handling in the longitudinal direction. apparatus. 3. The wire bundle assembly take-in device according to claim 2, wherein the wire bundle assembly held by the gripping member and the temporary holding member is received while the tension is maintained, and post-processing is performed. It further comprises a carrying unit for carrying to the apparatus. 4. An electric wire bundle assembly take-in device according to claim 2, wherein the temporary holding member is a brush member elastically slidably contacting an electric wire portion of the electric wire bundle assembly, and the brush member. , A pair of gripping claws for sandwiching the wire bundle assembly.