Taping device
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorSusumu Matsuzawa
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Abstract
The present invention enables efficient taping of a short length electric wire that is taped by a taping head. Namely, an electric wire hand is provided for removing an electric wire after taping from an electric wire clamp that clamps the electric wire. The electric wire hand cuts off the end of a tape wound up around the electric wire during the course of removing the electric wire at a fixed timing by interlocking with other parts according to a control unit. Therefore, a separate process for cutting off the end of a wound up tape becomes unnecessary, thereby making it possible to continuously and rapidly remove an electric wire.
Claims1
A taping device, comprising:
- an electric wire clamp for detachably clamping an electric wire in a clamped condition;
- a taping head for taping around the external circumference of the clamped electric wire with an adhesive tape, including a cutter for cutting a rolled tape;
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- a reciprocating movable mechanism for reciprocating said taping head along the above-mentioned direction from an initial side position of taping to an end side position, and reciprocally returning the taping head to the initial side position after the taping at a fixed timing, wherein the taping device for taping the clamped electric wire comprises:
- an electric wire hand for detachably grasping the electric wire following removal of the clamped electric wire from the electric wire clamp;
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- a control unit for controlling the electric wire clamp, the electric wire hand, and the taping head in order that the adhesive tape can be cut off by a cutter of taping head during the course of the motion taken by the electric wire hand which takes off the electric wire after taping from the electric wire clamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.