Conveyor belt
US4741432A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 23, 1986 |
| Grant date | May 3, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 23, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G2201/02
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A wire processing system wherein lengths of insulated wire are sequentially presented to processing stations for insulation stripping and subsequent terminal crimping, is disclosed employing an improved wire gripping and transporting arrangement having a flexible conveyor belt with a plurality of wire keepers molded to and distributed about the belt, each keeper including a pair of upstanding resilient projections having a gap therebetween to receive and grip a section of wire, an input station where wire is pushed into the gap between projection pairs, and an output station including a picker to be positioned adjacent the projection pair between the wire and the belt with relative motion between the picker and the keeper ejecting the wire from the gap. The belt is entrained on a drive wheel having a plurality of generally flat peripheral surfaces, and on an idler wheel. Each keeper has an inner face including a pair of generally orthogonal ridges, one ridge for maintaining lateral alignment of the belt on the drive wheel and the other ridge for tractively moving the belt as it passes over the drive wheel. The drive wheel flat surfaces each include a pair of generally orthogonal gr…
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