Cable arrangement indicating and inspecting apparatus for connector

A cable arrangement indicating and inspecting apparatus for a connector, said apparatus for indicating, among all receiving holes of a connector which are predetermined in number, at least one select receiving hole into which a terminal mounted at an end of a cable is to be inserted and for inspecting the terminal for proper insertion in said at least one select receiving hole, said apparatus comprising:

• cable receiving portions corresponding respectively to all of said receiving holes of said connector for receiving cables having different product numbers;
• a product number setting portion operated to input the product numbers of the cables received in required ones of said cable receiving portions;
• a storage portion operated by said product number setting portion for previously storing the inputted product numbers therein;
• removal indicating light emitting means provided adjacent said cable receiving portions, respectively;
• light emitting portions corresponding respectively to all of said receiving holes of said connector;
• light emitting optical fibers having end surfaces opposed respectively to said light emitting portions for introducing light from said light emitting portions into said receiving holes to illuminate and indicate said at least one select receiving hole;
• light receiving optical fibers corresponding respectively to said light emitting optical fibers for receiving light reflected from the terminal inserted in said at least one select receiving hole indicated by illumination through said light emitting optical fibers;
• light receiving portions opposed respectively to end surfaces of said light receiving optical fibers for receiving the reflected light through said light receiving optical fibers to output a light reception signal;
• a first driving portion for sequentially blinking said removal indicating light emitting means adjacent said cable receiving portions receiving the cables having the product numbers stored in said storage portion when the terminal at the end of the cable is inserted;
• a second driving portion for sequentially lighting some of said light emitting portions which are associated with the product numbers stored in said storage portion when the terminal at the cable end is inserted;
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• a judging portion for comparing the product number of the cable associated with the blinking removal indicating light emitting means in response to said light reception signal with the product numbers of the cables corresponding to said light emitting portions opposed to said light emitting optical fibers, said judging portion determining proper insertion of the terminal in said at least one select receiving hole when the compared product numbers match.