Cable harness forming machine comprising wire feed-out means in harness laying head
US3947943A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 1, 1974 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53243
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A machine comprises a wire station for supplying various wires, a harness board on which a cable harness is to be formed, and a harness laying head movable relative to the harness board for receiving selected one of the wires from the wire station laying the selected wire on the harness board. The wire station comprises a plurality of wire clampers for releasably clamping the respective wires with their free ends protruding approximately a predetermined length towards the harness laying head. The head comprises a wire feed-in station operable in its wire released mode of receiving therein the selected wire and in its wire take-up made of taking up the wire received therein, a wire storing station for storing the taken-up wire therein, a wire feed-out station operable in its wire driving mode of positively driving the stored wire to the outside of the head and in its wire holding mode of immovably holding the selected wire, a cutter for cutting the wire held by the feed-out station into a first section having a trailing end in the head and a second section having a leading end also in the head, and a wire pusher for pushing the trailing end substantially out of the head.
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