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Device for the alignment of the desheathed ends of round cables

  • US 5,040,940 A
  • Filed: 11/01/1989
  • Issued: 08/20/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Device for the alignment of desheathed ends of cables with several cores, comprisinga measuring station in which a desheathed cable end is firmly held in an initial angular position against rotation during a scanning operation,a scanning element in the measuring station which differentiates between the cores of the desheathed cable end and spaces therebetween, wherein the scanning element contacts the cores and is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the cable end,an angle of rotation measuring device coupled with the scanning element,an aligning station comprising a color sensor,means for conveying the cable end between the measuring and aligning stations, anda rotatable retainer for rotating the cable end by certain angles,wherein the measuring device measures the angle of rotation necessary to rotate the cable end from the initial angular position to a desired first angular position, in which the cores have a certain position independent of their color, andwherein the rotatable retainer rotates the cable end in accordance with the measured angle.

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