Wire inserting device, elongated workpiece winding apparatus and wire inserting method
AssigneeNeturen Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshifumi Uemoto, Tsuyoshi Yamashita
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Abstract
A wire inserting device, an elongated workpiece winding apparatus having the wire inserting device, and a wire inserting method are provided to insert a wire in a bundle of an elongated workpiece at an intermediate point in the bundle. The wire inserting device includes a detector arranged at a position corresponding to the intermediate point, and a wire holder configured to releasably hold the wire. The detector is configured to move when pushed by the elongated workpiece placed at the intermediate point during a formation of the bundle of the elongated workpiece. The wire holder is configured to move in synchronization with the detector to insert the wire in the bundle at the intermediate point.
Claims8
A wire inserting device for inserting a wire in a bundle of an elongated workpiece at an intermediate point in the bundle, the wire inserting device comprising:
- a detector arranged at a position corresponding to the intermediate point;
- and
- a wire holder configured to releasably hold the wire,
- wherein the detector is configured to move when pushed by the elongated workpiece placed at the intermediate point during a formation of the bundle of the elongated workpiece, and
- wherein the wire holder is configured to move in synchronization with the detector to insert the wire in the bundle at the intermediate point such that the wire is sandwiched between portions of the elongated workpiece during the formation of the bundle.
A wire inserting method for inserting a wire in a bundle of an elongated workpiece at an intermediate point in the bundle, the wire inserting method comprising:
- releasably holding the wire by a wire holder;
- pushing and moving a detector by the elongated workpiece placed at the intermediate point during a formation of the bundle of the elongated workpiece, the detector being arranged at a position corresponding to the intermediate point;
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- moving the wire holder in synchronization with the detector to insert the wire at the intermediate point such that the wire is sandwiched between portions of the elongated workpiece during the formation of the bundle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.