Device for automatically mounting protector cover

An automatic protector cover mounting device comprising:

• a protector holding section configured to hold a protector main body while the protector main body is accommodating an electric wire of a wire harness;
• an operating section configured to attach a protector cover to the protector main body;
• and
• a movement means configured to move the protector holding section and the operating section relative to each other,
• wherein the operating section includes:
• a presser configured to press the protector cover toward the protector main body while the protector cover is overlapped with the protector main body;
• a base with the presser mounted thereto, the presser being mounted to the base to be extendable out of the base and retractable into the base;
• and
• a sensor configured to detect a opposite amount of protrusion of the presser out of the base in a direction opposite to the protector holding section, and
• wherein upon the opposite amount of protrusion of the presser being greater than or equal to a predetermined amount, the operating section is configured to provide a press stopping signal for stopping a pressing operation of the presser.