Device for wetting cable-ends

• US 20050000421A1
• Filed: 06/15/2004
• Published: 01/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Komax AG (Komax Holding AG), Komax Holding AG, Inventio AG (Schindler Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Komax Holding AG
• Inventors: Britschgi, Georges, Meisser, Claudio
• Granted Patent: US 7,685,964 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 118/429
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 3/06 Solder feeding devices; Solder melting pans

Abstract

A device for wetting cable-ends includes a stand supporting a control, a bath-container with a bath, and a conveyor unit for conveying to the cable-end a wetting agent which forms the bath. The conveyor unit has a drive, a pump unit, a conveyor-pipe, and a nozzle with throttle. The pump unit conveys the wetting agent through the conveyor pipe to the nozzle with the wetting agent flowing through an exchangeable throttle that determines the shape and size of the free jet of the wetting agent.

Claims

1. A device for wetting cable-ends of cables comprising:

a conveyor unit mounted on a stand; and

a bath-container for retaining a bath of a wetting agent, said conveyer unit extending into said bath-container for conveying the wetting agent stored in the bath-container to a cable-end, whereby said conveyor unit is removably mounted for installation in and removal from said bath-container without the use of tools.

2. The device according to claim 1 wherein said conveyor unit is mounted on at least one support arranged on said stand and on a rest arranged on a front wall of said bath-container, said conveyor unit having at least one supporting pin engaging an opening of said at least one support.

3. The device according to claim 1 wherein said conveyor unit includes a drive, a pump unit operated by said drive, a conveyor pipe connected to an outlet of said pump unit and a nozzle connected to an outlet of said conveyor pipe, whereby when the wetting agent is stored in said bath-container, said drive operates said pump unit to cause the wetting agent to flow from the bath-container through said conveyor pipe and out said nozzle.

4. The device according to claim 3 wherein said pump unit has a pump-screw for conveying the wetting agent from said bath-container through said conveyor pipe to said nozzle.

5. The device according to claim 3 wherein said nozzle has an exchangeable throttle with an aperture forming a free jet of the wetting agent of predetermined size and shape.

6. The device according to claim 3 wherein said nozzle has at least one lateral drain for draining off a surplus of the wetting agent.

7. The device according to claim 3 wherein said nozzle has two lateral drains for draining off a surplus of the wetting agent, said lateral drains extending in opposite directions.

8. The device according to claim 1 wherein said bath-container has at least one downward sloping heatable wall for contacting the wetting agent.

9. A device for wetting cable-ends of cables comprising:

a stand;

a conveyor unit removably mounted on said stand; and

a bath-container for retaining a bath of a wetting agent, said conveyer unit extending into said bath-container for conveying the wetting agent stored in the bath-container to a cable-end, whereby said conveyor unit is removably mounted for installation in and removal from said bath-container without the use of tools.

10. The device according to claim 9 wherein said conveyor unit is mounted on a pair of supports arranged on said stand and on a rest arranged on a front wall of said bath-container, said conveyor unit having a pair of supporting pins each engaging an opening of a respective one of said supports.

11. The device according to claim 9 wherein said conveyor unit includes a drive, a pump unit operated by said drive, a conveyor pipe connected to an outlet of said pump unit and a nozzle connected to an outlet of said conveyor pipe, whereby when the wetting agent is stored in said bath-container, said drive operates said pump unit to cause the wetting agent to flow from the bath-container through said conveyor pipe and out said nozzle.

12. The device according to claim 11 wherein said pump unit has a pump-screw for conveying the wetting agent from said bath-container through said conveyor pipe to the nozzle.

13. The device according to claim 11 wherein said nozzle has an exchangeable throttle with an aperture forming a free jet of the wetting agent of predetermined size and shape.

14. The device according to claim 11 wherein said nozzle has at least one lateral drain for draining off a surplus of the wetting agent.

15. The device according to claim 11 wherein said nozzle has two lateral drains for draining off a surplus of the wetting agent, said lateral drains extending in opposite directions.

16. The device according to claim 9 wherein said bath-container has at least one downward sloping heatable wall for contacting the wetting agent.