Automatic line distribution equipment and connection-pin inserting-and extracting apparatus
US5790651A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 12, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53274
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Automatic distribution equipment for connecting and disconnecting lines includes a frame body, a plurality of matrix-switch-board units arranged in the frame body in a stack formation, and a robot provided in a side of the frame body. Each of the matrix-switch-board units has two wiring-pattern arrays which are respectively formed in opposite sides of each of the units so as to be electrically isolated from each other and to cross each other, wherein when a connection pin is inserted into one of through holes formed at cross points of the two wiring-pattern arrays, respective wiring patterns of the two wiring-pattern arrays are connected to each other. The robot moves between two of the matrix-switch-board units, and inserts-and-extracts the connection pin into-and-from a designated through hole to connect-and-disconnect designated lines.
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