Exterior Member Attaching Device and Exterior Member Attaching Method

An exterior member attaching device for attaching a sheet member to an electric wire of a wire harness, the sheet member being formed into a sheet shape which has an adhesive surface at one side, and an exterior surface at the other side, the exterior member attaching device comprising:

• a pressing portion that includes a first pressing member and a second pressing member and sandwiches and presses the sheet member by the first pressing member and the second pressing member;
• a sheet member feeding portion that feeds the sheet member which is bent with the adhesive surface inward between the first pressing member and the second pressing member;
• and
• an electric wire holding portion that holds the electric wire along the adhesive surface of the sheet member fed to the pressing portion,
• wherein the pressing portion press the sheet member so that the sheet member is bent to a folio and the electric wire part is sandwiched by the sheet member along the adhesive surface which is adhered to itself.

An exterior member attaching method for attaching a sheet member to an electric wire of a wire harness, the sheet member being formed into a long sheet shape having an adhesive surface at one side and an exterior surface at the other side, the exterior member attaching method comprising:

• feeding the sheet member along a longitudinal direction of the sheet member while bending the sheet member so that the adhesive surface becomes inner side;
• guiding the sheet member fed by the feeding step;
• holding the electric wire along the adhesive surface of the sheet member fed by the guiding step;
• bending the sheet member into a folio after the holding step;
• and
• pressurizing the sheet member which sandwiches the electric wire disposed along the adhesive surface.

An exterior member attaching method for attaching a sheet member to an electric wire of a wire harness, the sheet member being formed into a sheet shape which has an adhesive surface at one side, and an exterior surface at the other side, the exterior member attaching method comprising:

• feeding the sheet member which is bent with the adhesive surface inward between a first pressing member and a second pressing member;
• holding the electric wire along the adhesive surface of the sheet member fed by the feeding step;
• and
• pressing the sheet member so that the sheet member is bent to a folio and the electric wire part is sandwiched by the sheet member along the adhesive surface which is adhered to itself.