Component lead wire cutting equipment
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshinobu Maeda, Fumikazu Taniguchi, Kazuhiko Narikiyo
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Abstract
A component lead wire cutting equipment includes upper and lower levers for gripping a pair of lead wires of an electric component extending in the same direction. A driving device moves the levers. A pair of cutter blades are mounted on the levers to spread the pitch of the lead wires to a given size, and to cut off the lead wires. A pair of regulating convex portions regulate the movement of the lead wires along their spreading direction in the position between the cutter blades and the component body. During the cutting operation of the lead wires the component is prevented from being broken or from being inclined in its body.
Claims8
A component lead wire cutting apparatus of the type for cutting off end portions of lead wires extending in generally the same direction from the body of an electrical component and for shaping the remaining unremoved portions of the lead wires, said apparatus comprising:
- a cutter unit including first and second cutter blades movable toward each other to a closed cutting position and away from each other to an open non-cutting position;
- said first and second cutter blades having thereon cooperative cutting means for, with the lead wires of an electrical component extending between said first and second cutter blades, and during movement of said first and second cutter blades from said non-cutting position thereof to said cutting position thereof, spreading said lead wires away from each other and cutting off the outer end portions of said lead wires, whereby unremoved portions of said lead wires remain connected to the body of said electrical component;
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- regulating means for, during said spreading apart of said lead wires, controlling the extent of movement in the spreading directions of said unremoved portions of said lead wires, and thereby for preventing excessive spreading of said unremoved portions and breaking of said body.
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