Automatic waterproofing apparatus for joint of electric wires

• US 5,456,791 A
• Filed: 08/31/1994
• Issued: 10/10/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Ueno, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Ball, Michael W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lorin, Francis J.
• Application Number:
  US08/298,283
• Time in Patent Office: 405 Days
• Field of Search: 156/48, 156/49, 156/382, 156/285, 156/423, 156/499, 156/500, 156/522, 156/502, 156/578, 156/556, 264/571, 264/272.13, 264/272.14, 264/272.15, 29/825, 29/841, 29/855, 29/856, 29/870
• US Class Current: 156/556
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5216 characterised by the sealing material, e.g. gels or resins
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/70 Insulation of connections end caps H01R4/22
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/005 for making dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof connection, coupling, or casing
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 1/145 Moulds
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1343 Cutting indefinite length web after assembly with discrete article
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1744 Means bringing discrete articles into assembled relationship
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1798 with liquid adhesive or adhesive activator applying means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49117 Conductor or circuit manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49146 with encapsulating, e.g., potting, etc.
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49171 with encapsulating
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49197 including fluid evacuating or pressurizing

Abstract

An automatic waterproofing apparatus for automatically waterproofing a joint of electric wires, comprising: a plurality of pallet jigs each of which is formed with a recess for receiving the joint, a pair of slots for receiving the electric wires and an air vent hole communicating with the recess; a transport device for continuously transporting the pallet jigs; a sheet feeding device for feeding onto an upper face of each pallet jig a flexible band-like sheet; a slit forming device for forming at opposite sides of the sheet a pair of slits corresponding to the slots, respectively; a suction device for sucking air in the recess of each Dallet jig from the air vent hole so as to bring the sheet into close contact with the recess; a joint placing device for placing the joint in the recess and inserting into the slots through the slits the electric wires disposed at opposite sides of the joint; a filler injecting device for injecting a predetermined quantity of filler into the recess; and an adhesive tape bonding device for bonding an adhesive tape to the sheet such that the recess is closed by the adhesive tape.

Claims

1. An automatic waterproofing apparatus for automatically waterproofing a joint of electric wires, comprising:

a plurality of pallet jigs, each of which is formed with a recess for receiving the joint, a pair of slots for receiving the electric wires and an air vent hole communicating with the recess;

the slots being, respectively, formed continuously from opposite ends of the recess;

a transport means for continuously transporting the pallet jigs;

a sheet feeding means for feeding onto an upper face of each of the pallet jigs a flexible band-line sheet, the sheeting feeding means being provided upstream of the transport means;

a slit forming means for forming at opposite sides of the sheet a pair of slits corresponding to the slots, respectively, the slit forming means being provided downstream of the sheet feeding means;

a suction means for sucking air in the recess of each of the pallet jigs from the air vent hole so as to bring the sheet into close contact with the recess, the suction means being provided downstream of the slit forming means;

a joint placing means for placing the joint in the recess and inserting into the slots through the slits of the sheet the electric wires disposed at opposite sides of the joint, the joint placing means being provided downstream of the suction means;

a filler injecting means for injecting a predetermined quantity of filler into the recess, the filler injecting means being provided downstream of the joint placing means; and

an adhesive tape bonding means for bonding an adhesive tape to the sheet such that the recess is closed by the adhesive tape, the adhesive bonding means being provided downstream of the filler injecting means.

2. An automatic waterproofing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a heating means for heating each of the pallet jigs to a temperature suitable for hardening of the filler is incorporated in each of the pallet jigs.