Wire positioning device apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsDouglas S. Pfautz, Christopher J. Karrasch, David J. Erb
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Abstract
The present invention comprises apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture for processing and/or stripping wire comprising a wire processing or wire termination machine with a processing or stripping sub assembly actuated by a start sensor plate, where the start sensor plate has a textured surface, so as to retain the wires being stripped.
Claims11
In a wire processing machine which uses a start sensor to indicate the presence of a wire at a desired location, which indication begins the processing of said wire, the improvement comprising:
- a textured surface for said start sensor so that when said start sensor is contacted by a wire to be processed, said wire at least partially contacts said textured surface for restricting movement of said wire.
A wire processing machine comprising:
- a start sensor for indicating the presence of a wire at a desired location, said start sensor comprising a textured surface that is contacted by a wire to be processed, wherein said wire contacts said textured surface to restrict movement of said wire.
A wire processing machine comprising:
- a start sensor for indicating the presence of a wire at a desired location, said start sensor comprising a textured surface that is contacted by a wire to be processed, wherein said textured surface stabilizes the wire for processing by inhibiting lateral movement of a tip of the wire as said wire deflects a contact plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.