Patents Examined by L. Selman
  • Patent number: 4557046
    Abstract: An automatic wire end arranging system includes a wire holder for holding one ends of the wires, a wire feed device for feeding the wire ends one by one from the wire holder, and a transport device for transporting each wire end from the wire feed device to an arranging device. The arranging device includes a fixture having a plurality of parallel receptive sections, and a table mounted adjacent to the fixture and having a slit, a probe device operable to make electrical contact with the wire end, fed to the table by the transport device, to feed a probe signal, a first drive device operable to move the table, a second drive device operable to bring the wire end on the table into alignment with the slit, and a third drive device operable to urge the wire end, disposed in alignment with the slit, into a selected one of the receptive sections through the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Suzuki, Toshio Ohnuma, Kazuyuki Koga, Tatsuya Watanabe