Abstract: A terminal-fitted wire includes a wire in which a core is covered by a coating and which includes a core exposed portion at an end, a terminal including a core crimping portion to be crimped and connected to the core exposed portion of the wire, and a corrosion-resistant member. The corrosion-resistant member includes a close-contact portion to be fitted on and held in close contact with the terminal or the coating of the wire at a position either closer to the leading end of the terminal or closer to the coating of the wire than a contact part of the core exposed portion and the core crimping portion and a corrosion-resistant coating extending from the close-contact portion to cover the contact part of the core exposed portion and the core crimping portion and capable of being rolled or folded back from a leading end part toward the close-contact portion.

Abstract: A terminal-fitted wire includes a wire in which a core is covered by a coating and which includes a core exposed portion at an end, a terminal including a core crimping portion to be crimped and connected to the core exposed portion of the wire, and a corrosion-resistant member. The corrosion-resistant member includes a close-contact portion to be fitted on and held in close contact with the terminal or the coating of the wire at a position either closer to the leading end of the terminal or closer to the coating of the wire than a contact part of the core exposed portion and the core crimping portion and a corrosion-resistant coating extending from the close-contact portion to cover the contact part of the core exposed portion and the core crimping portion and capable of being rolled or folded back from a leading end part toward the close-contact portion.

Abstract: The lead-out side end of a drain wire led out from a shield wire and either a conductor exposed to one end of a ground wire, to the other end of which a ground terminal is connected, or a conductor exposed to one end of a ground wire, to the other end of which a connector receiving terminal is connected, are collectively connected together by crimping by using a U-shape cross-sectioned intermediate crimp terminal formed by a pair of opposed barrels, or connected by twisting them together, or connected through a joint bus bar.

Abstract: The lead-out side end of a drain wire led out from a shield wire and either a conductor exposed to one end of a ground wire, to the other end of which a ground terminal is connected, or a conductor exposed to one end of a ground wire, to the other end of which a connector receiving terminal is connected, are collectively connected together by crimping by using a U-shape cross-sectioned intermediate crimp terminal formed by a pair of opposed barrels, or connected by twisting them together, or connected through a joint bus bar.

Abstract: The lead-out side end of a drain wire (11) led out from a shield wire (10) and either a conductor exposed to one end of a ground wire (50), to the other end of which a ground terminal (51) is connected, or a conductor exposed to one end of a ground wire (53), to the other end of which a connector receiving terminal (56) is connected, are collectively connected together by crimping by using a U-shape cross-sectioned intermediate crimp terminal (40) formed by a pair of opposed barrels (40b), or connected by twisting them together, or connected through a joint bus bar.

Abstract: A method is provided for fitting waterproof seals onto outer peripheries of end portions of electric wires. The method feeds seals along the axis line of the wire and into a seal cavity. A passage forming member forms a feeding passage to feed the seal into the seal cavity with a posture to receive the electric wire. The seal then is locked in the seal cavity. The wire then is moved along the axis line and into the seal.

Abstract: A waterproof seal feeding machine is provided to feed waterproof cylindrical seals to a fitting position on an axis of an electric wire to fit the seals onto outer peripheries of end portions of the electric wire. The waterproof seal feeding machine includes holders that open and close at the fitting position. The waterproof seal feeding machine further includes a seal cavity that receives the seal at the fitting position when the holders are closed. A passage forming member forms a feeding passage to feed the seal into the seal cavity with a posture to receive the electric wire. A lock brings the seal to a locked state in cooperation with the holders and releases the locked state after insertion of the electric wire.

Abstract: An engine valve device, wherein an opening part (7) smaller in area than the end surface of a piston (5) is provided in the end surface of a cylinder (3) to form a valve seat (8), and a valve disc (9) in contact with the valve seat (8) is disposed on the outerside of the valve seat (8) so that the cylinder (3) can be moved away from and toward the valve disc (9) and, in a compression stroke when the piston (5) rises, the valve seat (8) is in press-contact with the fixed valve disc (9) because upward force is applied to the upper end surface of the cylinder (3) and the cylinder (3) is urged toward the valve disc, and the area of the opening part is increasable up to the ultimate diameter of the piston, providing a highly airtight, simple-structured valve device yielding high engine energy efficiency.

Abstract: A twisting apparatus of electric wires includes a first holding unit (1) for holding first ends of a pair of electric wires (W1, W2), a second holding unit (2) for holding second ends of the electric wires (W1, W2), and a twist drive unit (4) for rotating the first holding unit (1) to twist the electric wires (W1, W2). The second holding unit (2) includes a pair of support members (27) that rotate together with the first ends of the electric wires (W1, W2), and a rotary synchronous mechanism (28) that rotates both support members (27) at the same speed and in the same direction by transmitting a rotary force from the one support member (27) to the other support member (27) when the one support member (27) rotates.

Abstract: To effect accurate positioning and avoid interference of a terminal fitting with a wire guide member. By lifting and lowering guide members 112, 113 formed with Y-shaped wire guide slots 112F, 113F, respectively, a wire W is brought to a terminal mounting position. The wire W and the terminal fitting mounted on the wire W will not interfere with the guide members 112, 113, and the wire W can be more accurately positioned by the Y-shaped wire guide slots 112F, 113F.

Abstract: A production unit for twisted cable is disclosed that facilitates the supply and removal of fixed length cables, thereby contributing to improved workability and automation compatibility. A plurality of pairs of relatively rotatable opposed cable clamps are provided with one cable clamp of each pair provided at one end of the fixed length cables and the other of each pair of cable clamps provided at the other end. Each pair of clamps is intermittently moved forward in a direction transverse to the opposed direction in which the cables extend. Each pair of cable clamps sequentially circulate, and the supply and removal operation of fixed length cables to and from the pairs of clamps are conducted respectively at predetermined positions by stations provided in the circulating route, by which it becomes possible to carry out the supply and removal of fixed length cables to continuously repeat the twisting operation.

Abstract: To effect accurate positioning and avoid interference of a terminal fitting with a wire guide member. By lifting and lowering guide members 112, 113 formed with Y-shaped wire guide slots 112F, 113F, respectively, a wire W is brought to a terminal mounting position. The wire W and the terminal fitting mounted on the wire W will not interfere with the guide members 112, 113, and the wire W can be more accurately positioned by the Y-shaped wire guide slots 112F, 113F.

Abstract: In a liquid fuel gasifying device, a gasifying casing includes a press-fitted portion having an inside diameter equal to the outside diameter of a gas permeable ceramics filter, for receiving the front portion of the gas permeable ceramics filter in a press-fitted state, and a non-press-fitted portion continuing to the gas upstream side of the press-fitted portion and having a slightly larger inside diameter than the outside diameter of the gas permeable ceramics filter, for receiving the rear portion of the gas permeable ceramics filter in a non-press-fitted state. The length of the front portion of the gas permeable ceramics filter sealed with the inner surface of the gasifying casing, and the length of the rear portion of the gas permeable ceramics filter not shielded with the inner surface of the gasifying casing, are set to a length adjusted in accordance with the gas permeability characteristics of the gas permeable ceramics filter.

Abstract: An internal-combustion type iron has a nozzle provided in a grip portion so as to spray a jet of gas supplied from a liquified-gas tank into a hollow barrel. The hollow barrel has a base portion fitted to the grip portion and communicating with the nozzle. An air hole is provided in the base portion of the barrel so that the outside air may be sucked into and be mixed with the gas from the nozzle. A gas flow control body is disposed in the center of a hollow portion of the barrel generates a stagnant vortex flow in the flow of the mixture of the gas and air. A mixing chamber is provided in the hollow portion of the barrel between the air hole and the gas flow control body. The mixing chamber has a length sufficient for the required mixing of the gas with air and for stabilization of flow velocity. A heating chamber is provided in the hollow portion of the barrel between the gas flow control body and an exhaust port provided at the tip of the barrel.