Label Pasting Device and Method
AssigneesTE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
InventorsZongjie (Jason) Tao, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
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Abstract
A label pasting device includes a clamping mechanism and a rotating mechanism. The clamping mechanism has a vacuum suction hole and a pair of grippers. The vacuum suction hole adsorbs onto a vertical part of a T-shaped label to pick up the T-shaped label. The grippers are openable and closable to fold and paste the vertical part of the T-shaped label onto a cable. The rotating mechanism has a fixed plate and a rotatable plate. The fixed plate supports an upper half of a horizontal part of the T-shaped label from a back. The rotatable plate is openable and closable relative to the fixed plate to fold and paste a lower half of the horizontal part of the T-shaped label onto the upper half.
Claims17
A label pasting device, comprising:
- a clamping mechanism including a vacuum suction hole and a pair of grippers, the vacuum suction hole adsorbing onto a vertical part of a T-shaped label to pick up the T-shaped label, the grippers are openable and closable to fold and paste the vertical part of the T-shaped label onto a cable;
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- a rotating mechanism including a fixed plate and a rotatable plate, the fixed plate supports an upper half of a horizontal part of the T-shaped label from a back, the rotatable plate is openable and closable relative to the fixed plate to fold and paste a lower half of the horizontal part of the T-shaped label onto the upper half.
A label pasting method, comprising:
- providing a label pasting device including a clamping mechanism, a rotating mechanism, and a cable clamp, the clamping mechanism has a vacuum suction hole and a pair of grippers, the rotating mechanism has a fixed plate and a rotatable plate;
- clamping a cable with the cable clamp;
- adsorbing a vertical part of a T-shaped label to the clamping mechanism using the vacuum suction hole;
- moving the clamping mechanism toward the cable to that the cable enters the pair of grippers and the vertical part of the T-shaped label is folded and pasted along an axis of the cable onto the cable;
- closing the pair of grippers of the clamping mechanism to clamp and paste an end and a root of the vertical part of the T-shaped label together;
- moving the rotating mechanism so that the fixed plate and the rotatable plate are respectively attached to a back surface of an upper half and a back surface of a lower half of a horizontal part of the T-shaped label;
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- rotating the rotatable plate from an opened position to a closed position, so that the lower half of the horizontal part of the T-shaped label is folded and pasted onto the upper half.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.