Cable depositing device
AssigneeKomax Holding AG
InventorsMax Koch, Alois Lustenberger, Roberto Gasperi
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Abstract
A cable depositing device for processing a plurality of cables includes at least one receiving transport band having a length and an entry end, a partition that extends above the upper driving strand of the receiving transport band along the length of the receiving transport band, and a swivel arm. The receiving transport band defines a cable entry region and includes an upper driving strand. The upper driving strand and the partition define two receiving and stretching regions on either side of the partition. The swivel arm is disposed in the cable entry region, defines a swivelling-out range and includes a cable gripper.
Claims33
A cable depositing device for processing a plurality of cables, said device comprising:
- (a) at least one receiving transport band for transporting processed cables having a length and an entry end, said receiving transport band defining a cable entry region and comprising an upper driving strand,
- (b) a partition that extends above said upper driving strand of said receiving transport band along said length of said receiving transport band, said upper driving strand of said receiving transport band and said partition defining two receiving and stretching regions on either side of said partition, and
- (c) a swivel arm disposed in said cable entry region, said swivel arm defining a swivelling-out range and comprising means for gripping and feeding said cables toward said entry end.
A cable depositing device for processing a plurality of cables and for coupling to an automatic cable processing machine having a swivel arm in a cable exit region, said device comprising:
- (a) at least one receiving transport band for transporting processed cables having a length and an entry end, said receiving transport band defining a cable entry region and comprising an upper driving strand,
- (b) a partition that extends above said upper driving strand of said receiving transport band along said length of said receiving transport band, said upper driving strand of said receiving transport band and said partition defining two receiving and stretching regions on either side of said partition, and
- (c) said swivel arm disposed in said cable entry region, said swivel arm defining a swivelling-out range and comprising means for gripping and feeding said cables toward said cable entry region.
A method of processing a pair of cables using a cable depositing device that includes at least one receiving transport band having a length and an entry end, said receiving transport band for transporting processed cables defining a cable entry region and comprising an upper driving strand, a partition that extends above said upper driving strand of said receiving transport band along said length of said receiving transport band, said upper driving strand of said receiving transport band and said partition defining two receiving and stretching regions on either side of said partition, a swivel arm disposed in said cable entry region, said swivel arm defining a swivelling-out range and comprising means for gripping said cables and a pair of cable deposition troughs that are spaced below said two receiving and stretching regions, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) disposing said pair of cables on said upper driving strand of said receiving transport band, wherein each cable of said pair is disposed in one receiving and stretching region,
- (b) gripping at least one of said pair of said cables with said means for gripping said cables,
- (c) swivelling said swivel arm, and
- (d) depositing said pair of cables in said cable deposition troughs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.