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Seal processing station for harness making machine

US6146058A · kind A · utility

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2References

7Claims

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Assignee

Whitaker & Company · US

Inventors

Michael Gerst · Worms, DE
Jorg Herzog · Groß-Zimmern, DE
Hans-Peter Hoffmann · Dachau, DE
Horst Knapp · Groß-Zimmern, DE
Hans Quiring · Pfungstadt, DE
Wolfgang Zimmer · Riegel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 17, 1998
Grant date	Nov 14, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 17, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/53209
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A seal processing station for gathering loose and transmitting properly oriented seals to an insertion station where the seals are to be placed on a wire, the seal processing station having a seal sorting unit and a seal feeding unit that has a feed track going between the seal sorting unit and the insertion station where the seal sorting unit has a container where the loose seals are placed and a seal propulsion device with a seal feed channel extending from a lower end of the container to an upper end where the channel includes an air inlet for blowing air up the channel to feed seals from the lower end to the upper end and unto the feed track.

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