Apparatus and method for manipulating the wire-ends of wires
First Claim
1. An apparatus for manipulating a wire-end of a wire and including a wire gripper, comprising:
- a first gripping jaw and a second gripping jaw for cooperatively gripping the wire-end;
a pressure actuator responsive to pressured fluid for actuating the wire gripper, said pressure actuator acting with a linear movement on a movement converter which sets said first gripping jaw in motion relative to said second gripping jaw; and
a motor acting with a rotating movement on said movement converter, which sets said first gripping jaw in motion relative to said second gripping jaw, said pressure actuator and said motor acting separately on said movement converter.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for insertion of wire-ends into connector housings includes a wire gripper with two wire-end gripping jaws. The wire gripper has a slider apparatus with a guide element and a slider coupled to the first gripping jaw wherein the first gripping jaw and the slider are borne displaceably relative to the second gripping jaw along the guide element. A pressured actuator acts through a movement converter on the wire gripper to initiate a coarse movement of the first gripping jaw relative to the second gripping jaw and rotating movement of a motor is converted by the movement converter into a fine movement of the first gripping jaw relative to the second gripping jaw.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus for manipulating a wire-end of a wire and including a wire gripper, comprising:
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a first gripping jaw and a second gripping jaw for cooperatively gripping the wire-end; a pressure actuator responsive to pressured fluid for actuating the wire gripper, said pressure actuator acting with a linear movement on a movement converter which sets said first gripping jaw in motion relative to said second gripping jaw; and a motor acting with a rotating movement on said movement converter, which sets said first gripping jaw in motion relative to said second gripping jaw, said pressure actuator and said motor acting separately on said movement converter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for manipulating a wire-end of a wire and including a wire gripper, comprising:
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a first gripping jaw and a second gripping jaw for cooperatively gripping the wire-end; a pressure actuator responsive to pressured fluid for actuating the wire gripper, said pressure actuator acting with a linear movement on a movement converter which generates a coarse movement of at least one of said first gripping jaw and said second gripping jaw relative to one another; and a motor acting with a rotating movement on said movement converter which generates a fine movement of at least one of said first gripping jaw and said second gripping jaw relative to one another. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for manipulating a wire-end of a wire and including a wire gripper, comprising:
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a first gripping jaw and a second gripping jaw for cooperatively gripping the wire-end; a pressure actuator for actuating the wire gripper, said pressure actuator acting with a linear movement on a movement converter which sets said first gripping jaw in motion relative to said second gripping jaw; and a motor acting with a rotating movement on said movement converter setting said first gripping jaw in motion relative to said second gripping jaw wherein said pressure actuator acts through said movement converter on the wire gripper to initiate a coarse movement of said first gripping jaw relative to said second gripping jaw, and said motor acts on the wire gripper through said movement converter to initiate a fine movement of said first gripper jaw relative to said second gripper jaw. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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