Device for wetting cable-ends

• US 7,685,964 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2004
• Issued: 03/30/2010
• 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 AG (Komax Holding AG)
• Inventors: Britschgi, Georges, Meisser, Claudio
• Primary Examiner(s): Lamb; Brenda A
• Application Number:
  US10/868,617
• Publication Number:
  US 20050000421A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,114 Days
• Field of Search: 118/429, 118/410, 118/420, 118/325, 417/360, 366/266, 366281-284, 248/167, 248139-142
• US Class Current: 118/420
• 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, said conveyor unit including 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; 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, and 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 and wherein said nozzle has a cutout opening in a sidewall of the nozzle defining a chamber, an exchangeable throttle plate arranged within the chamber, said exchangeable throttle plate having an aperture forming a free jet of the wetting agent of predetermined size and shape to coat cable-ends of a cable which is positionable within a remaining space of the chamber which oppositely faces and is below said throttle plate, said throttle plate being removable from said nozzle without removing said nozzle from said conveyor pipe.

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 pump unit has a pump-screw for conveying the wetting agent from said bath-container through said conveyor pipe to said nozzle.

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

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

a conveyor unit mounted on a stand, said conveyor unit including 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; 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, and 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 and wherein said nozzle has an exchangeable throttle with an aperture forming a free jet of the wetting agent of predetermined size and shape, said throttle being removable from said nozzle without removing said nozzle from said conveyor pipe, wherein said nozzle has at least one lateral drain for draining off a surplus of the wetting agent.

6. The device according to claim 5 wherein said nozzle has two lateral drains for draining off a surplus of the wetting agent, said lateral drains extending in opposite directions.

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

a stand;

a conveyor unit removably mounted on said stand; and

a bath-container having a cavity for retaining a bath of a wetting agent, said stand being positioned entirely outside said bath-container and not extending over the cavity of said bath-container, and said conveyer unit extending into said bath-container cavity for conveying the welling agent stored in the bath-container to a cable-end, whereby said conveyor unit is removable from said stand for installation in and removal from said bath-container and 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, and wherein said conveyor unit is positioned to permit surplus of the wetting agent to flow from an area of the cable-end back into said bath-container.

8. The device according to claim 7 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.

9. The device according to claim 8 wherein said pump unit has a pump-screw for conveying the wetting agent from said bath-container through said conveyor pipe to the nozzle.

10. The device according to claim 8 wherein said nozzle has an exchangeable throttle with an aperture forming a free jet of the wetting agent of predetermined size and shape.

11. The device according to claim 8 wherein said nozzle has at least one lateral drain for draining off a surplus of the wetting agent.

12. The device according to claim 8 wherein said nozzle has two lateral drains for draining off a surplus of the wetting agent, said lateral drains extending in opposite directions.

13. The device according to claim 7 wherein said bath-container has at least one downward sloping heatable wall for contacting the wetting agent.

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

a stand;

a conveyor unit removably mounted on said stand; and

a bath-container having a cavity for retaining a bath of a wetting agent, said stand being positioned entirely outside said bath-container and not extending over the cavity of said bath-container, and said conveyer unit extending into said bath-container cavity for conveying the wetting agent stored in the bath-container to a cable-end, and 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 whereby said conveyor unit including said pins is removable from said stand for installation in and removal from said bath-container.

15. The device according to claim 14 wherein said stand includes a pair of vertically extending legs and an associated one of said supports is arranged on each of said legs.

16. The device according to claim 15 including a control mounted on said pair of legs.