Wire-processing device with deposit unit

• US 9,640,954 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2011
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Komax Holding AG
• Original Assignee: Komax Holding AG
• Inventors: Fischer, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Ekiert, Teresa M
• Application Number:
  US13/248,740
• Publication Number:
  US 20120090723A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,042 Days
• Field of Search: 140123, 140139, 140140, 29430, 29505, 29872, 29404, 29559, 29753, 72134, 72169, 72 0257, 72456, 72428, 72404, 724051, 7240501, 7240508, 72419, 72426, 72702, 72347, 72348, 723792, 7240201, 414404, 414405, 19837004, 19837005, 19886711, 19880314, 198587, 1986881, 198721, 1987501, 1987502, 57281
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/28 for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups H01R43/02 - H01R43/26
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 1/1248 Machines

Abstract

A swivel-arm with a gripper in a wire-processing machine transfers a processed wire to a collection tray. The collection tray and an unloading tray have a channel-like shape. The swivel-arm swivels the processed, trailing wire-end over the collection tray, whereby the wire, with the aid of the conveyor belt that runs in the direction of the arrow, falls into the collection tray. The collection tray serves as temporary store and collects a specified number of completed processed wires that corresponds to a production lot, and transfers the production lot to the unloading tray.

Claims

1. A wire-processing device, comprising:

one or more processing stations for processing wires; and

a deposit unit, the deposit unit comprising a collection tray and an unloading tray, the collection tray configured to swivel, and the collection tray comprising a surface with a first longitudinal axis, the surface comprising a plurality of elevations, the elevations comprising ribs or studs arranged in a spaced apart configuration along the first longitudinal axis, each of the elevations being elongate and having a second longitudinal axis, the second longitudinal axis transverse to the first longitudinal axis, the elevations being configured to receive the processed wires from the one or more processing stations before the processed wires are moved into the unloading tray by a swiveling of the collection tray.

2. The wire-processing device of claim 1, the elevations comprising ribs.

3. The wire-processing device of claim 2, the ribs having a height of 0.5 mm to 1 mm and a distance between the ribs of 80 mm.

4. The wire-processing device of claim 1, the elevations comprising studs with a generally oval shape.

5. The wire-processing device of claim 4, the studs having a height of 0.2 mm.

6. The wire-processing device of claim 1, the collection tray further comprising a loading section, the loading section comprising the surface comprising the plurality of elevations, the loading section adapted to be set on and joined to a wall of the collection tray having no elevations.

7. The wire-processing device of claim 6, the loading section having a length approximately equal to a length of the processed wires, the loading section length being less than a length of the collection tray.

8. A wire-processing device with processing stations for processing wires, comprising:

a deposit unit to collect the processed wires from the processing stations, wherein the deposit unit has a collection tray and an unloading tray, the collection tray configured to swivel and having a surface with a first longitudinal axis, and the processed wires of a production lot deposited in the collection tray are then transferred to the unloading tray, and the collection tray has on the surface that faces the processed wires a surface structure in the form of elevations, on points of which the processed wires rest, and over which the processed wires move into the unloading tray when the collection tray is swiveled, the elevations comprising ribs or studs arranged in a spaced apart configuration along the first longitudinal axis, each of the elevations being elongate and having a second longitudinal axis, the second longitudinal axis transverse to the first longitudinal axis.

9. The wire-processing device of claim 8 including a loading section having the surface structure with the elevations, the loading section adapted to be set on and joined to a smooth wall of the collection tray.

10. The wire-processing device of claim 9 wherein the loading section has a length approximately equal to a length of the processed wires, the loading section length being less than a length of the collection tray.

11. A wire-processing device, comprising:

at least one processing station for processing a wire to form a processed wire having a longitudinal axis; and

a deposit unit including a collection tray and an unloading tray, the collection tray configured to swivel and having a surface with a first longitudinal axis and a plurality of elevations arranged in a spaced apart configuration along the first longitudinal axis of the collection tray, each of the elevations being a rib or a stud extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the surface, each of the elevations being elongate and having a second longitudinal axis, the second longitudinal axis transverse to the first longitudinal axis, wherein the processed wire is received from the at least one processing station and rests on the elevations with the longitudinal axis of the processed wire oriented in a direction of the first longitudinal axis of the surface, and the collection tray swivels about a swivel axis extending parallel to the first longitudinal axis of the surface to move the processed wire from the collection tray into the unloading tray.

12. The wire-processing device of claim 11 wherein the collection tray has a loading section that includes the surface and the plurality of elevations, the loading section adapted to be set on and joined to a wall of the collection tray having no elevations.

13. The wire-processing device of claim 12 wherein the loading section has a length approximately equal to a length of the processed wire, the loading section length being less than a length of the collection tray.

14. A wire-processing device, comprising:

one or more processing stations for processing wires; and

a deposit unit, the deposit unit comprising a collection tray and an unloading tray, the collection tray configured to swivel, and the collection tray comprising a surface with a first longitudinal axis, the surface comprising a plurality of elevations, the elevations comprising studs arranged in a spaced apart configuration along the first longitudinal axis, the studs further arranged in rows on the surface, each of the rows having a second longitudinal axis, the second longitudinal axis transverse to the first longitudinal axis, the studs being configured to receive the processed wires from the one or more processing stations before the processed wires are moved into the unloading tray by a swiveling of the collection tray.

15. The wire-processing device of claim 14, wherein a surface of each of the studs is domed.