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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328558 | Beverage container filling plant for filling containers with a liquid beverage A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, a container filling plant container information adding station, such as, a labeling station, configured to add information to containers, such as, bottles and cans, and modules fo... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7299532 | Method for the creation of clearance holes A method to join different materials through the creation of holes which allow entry of stay bolts is described. The method includes making slots on the plane of any material, the depth of these slots being equal to half the thickness of the plane, plus the length o... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7195041 | Tie wrench for bending fence mounting clips around fencing wire to secure fencing wire to a fence post A tie wrench for bending mounting clips to secure a fence wire to a fence post is disclosed. The tie wrench utilizes a hook that is positioned beneath the fence wire but above an outer portion of the mounting clip. The tie wrench is pulled toward the user to twist a... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7108021 | Tie wrench for bending fence mounting clips around fencing wire to secure fencing wire to a fence post A tie wrench for bending mounting clips to secure a fence wire to a fence post is disclosed. The tie wrench utilizes a hook that is positioned beneath the fence wire but above an outer portion of the mounting clip. The tie wrench is pulled toward the user to twist a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7024766 | Method of wiring electrical terminals A process for automatically wiring at least one terminal of an electrical apparatus with a wire-laying tool of the type that includes a wiring finger movable relative to the terminal. An initial terminal connection is established between the leading end of a wire an... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6519832 | Method for automated stator manufacture A methodology of sleeving at least one lead of a stator is provided. The methodology includes the steps of robotically selecting at least one of the stator leads, and robotically positioning an insulating sleeve over the stator lead.... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6353996 | Apparatus for wiring electrical terminals of electrical devices or systems For automatic wiring of terminals of electrical apparatus, for example fluorescent lamp luminaires, a line or wire-laying tool is used which has a finger (31) on which a pressure element (37), movable between three positions I, II, III with respect to the... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6199475 | Drive and bearing device for the twisting disks of the binding device of a waste bale press A drive and bearing device for a binding station for finished bales predominantly in waste bale presses with a horizontally acting press plate, wherein several twisting wheels provided with a radial slot for receiving the binding wire are mounted in a sup... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6124548 | Wire assembly apparatus and method for assembling wires A retainer (A) aligns and retains ends (E) of branch wires (W1) and wires (W2) to be connected with the branch wires (W1) by means of a wire retaining portion (U). The wire retaining portion (U) is formed with cavities (42) which have a specified depth an... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5945635 | Wire assembly apparatus and method for assembling wires A retainer (A) aligns and retains ends (E) of branch wires (W1) and wires (W2) to be connected with the branch wires (W1) through the use of a wire retaining portion (U). The wire retaining portion (U) is formed with cavities (42) which have a specified d... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5467520 | Apparatus for automatically feeding and assembling wires into a trough of a panel A wire feeding device is for placing wire that is restrained in troughs. The device has a housing. A wire feeding assembly is mounted to the housing. The wire feeding assembly includes a feed tube for the wire to pass through. The feed tube directs the wi... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5442848 | Wire positioning and cut-off tool To permit close positioning of a wire positioning finger (2) adjacent a slit blade insulation piercing connector, a pressing element (19) having a pressure surface (22) is movably located adjacent a wire outlet opening (10) of a wire guide duct (4) in the... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5203061 | Working apparatus having working head movable in X-Y directions A working apparatus includes a pair of supports which are provided on a base, and a pair of parallelly disposed linear servo-motors each of which is settled on each of the supports. Sliders of the linear servo-motors support the ends of a beam so that the... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5052449 | Automatic wire press-connecting and laying out apparatus for wire harness An automatic wire press-connecting and laying out apparatus for a wire harness has, as its main portion, a wire press-connecting and laying out portion, comprising a wire feed portion having a wire feeding mechanism for individually feeding out wires and ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4862927 | Double-ended termination and routing arrangement for an automated wiring system A wire harness assembly arrangement acquires, prepares and routes various sections of wire by means of a wiring tool apparatus attached to a robotic manipulator. The tool apparatus moves coincident with an arm of the process controlled robotic manipulator... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4653159 | Flexible automated manufacturing system An automated flexible manufacturing system for fabricating electrical cable harness assemblies. The system includes a wire preparation system in which the wires are cut to length, provided with the desired electrical terminations and marked for identifica... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4593452 | Robotic harness maker Apparatus for manufacturing wiring harnesses employs a robot mounted above a harness board with storage areas for jigs, connectors, wire dispensers, and insertion tooling about the periphery thereof for easy pickup by robotic gripper, which positions jigs... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4572248 | Wire shuffling apparatus and method Apparatus for repositioning and adding or removing individual wires of a series of wires extending longitudinally in side-by-side relation in a row comprising a guide block formed with a cruciform slot defining a guide path and wire escapement; means to m... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4563812 | Filament laying apparatus and a method of fabricating a harness Apparatus for laying a filament includes a tool 10 moveable to follow a predetermined path, the tool comprising a storage chamber 12, 12', opposed outlets 30, 28, 16 and 116, 128 and clamp arrangements 19, 119 associated therewith. In use, filament is fed... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4558894 | Method and device for tying a bundle of electrical wires In a device for automatically looping a thread about a bundle of wires to form a continuous crocheted tying structure, a camming mechanism is provided for limiting the tying cycles to two and for adding a plurality of knotting cycles. A cutting knife and ... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4547238 | Method of manufacturing a saddle-shaped coil In a method of manufacturing a saddle-shaped coil a wire supplied from a winding station is laid in a continuous process by means of a wire guide against a surface of a non-magnetic molding, which surface is concave in a first direction and convex in a di... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4540030 | Apparatus for compacting loose wraps of wire on terminals A work piece 10 with projecting terminals 16, 17 and 18 on which are wrapped loose turns of wire 19, 20 and 21 is advanced into and held between arms of a yoke 30. Upper ends of the terminals are positioned between jaws 36, 37 and 38. A cam plate 49 is in... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4499648 | Automatic wiring apparatus with rotatable insertion tooling Machine for interconnecting wire-in-slot type terminals in connectors mounted on a panel board utilizes a wire feed roll, rotatable insertion tooling, and an X-Y table. Wire is fed vertically through a rotation housing past wire inserters mounted above an... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4460024 | Apparatus for looping metallic wire or the like Apparatus for making loops in a metallic wire and for inserting successively formed loops into the pockets of discrete metallic components has a support for a pair of bending pins which define a gap for the passage of a reciprocable deforming ram. A wire ... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4442872 | Apparatus and method for the production of wiring looms A wiring loom includes a multiplicity of shouldered pins and a table for receiving and releasably holding the pins in position to define paths for a wiring harness. The table includes a mesh which allows ends of the pins to pass and enter a resilient pene... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4440053 | Wire-laying head A wire harness manufactured by a new method and a new apparatus is provided. A covered wire paid out from a selected one of reels is extended in a predetermined lay-out and fixed. The thus fixed wire is cut-off from the reel. Then, another wire is paid ou... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4400874 | Wiring connector plugs to produce a wire mult In the wiring of connector plugs (18) to produce a wire mult, a wire (16) is first positioned in a terminal guide slot (32) on one side of a first connector plug (18) and then offset-dressed about a camming pin (52) of a wire insertion-and-slack forming t... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4387509 | Method of manufacturing an electrical interconnection assembly A method of manufacturing an electrical interconnection assembly such as an automobile harness junction box, comprises laying a wire in a groove in a substrate; cutting the wire in the groove into a plurality of pieces; and then transferring the pieces of... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4361941 | Valve and wire cutting, skinning and wrapping tool employing the valve The wire cutting, skinning and wrapping tool includes a hollow sleeve, a knife carried by the sleeve, a bit provided with a longitudinal groove which is able to slide in a forward and backward direction in the sleeve, the bit and the knife skinning an ins... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4348805 | Method for the production of wiring looms In the method, lengths of wire are drawn from wire supplies and cut, each end of each cut wire being stripped of insulation and terminated, and the cut wire then being laid along a predetermined path defined by guide pins on a loom board. The wire lengths... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4343237 | Apparatus for manufacturing cable harnesses and printer therefor Cable harnesses are manufactured with a so-called cable head arranged on a able laying carriage. The cable head is controlled by an electronic data processor and continuously lays a cable running off a coil or spool, about pins on a cable laying table or p... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4340092 | Methods of and apparatus for straightening backplane-supported pins A backplane (32) supporting a plurality of pins (31) is clamped to a fixture (86) which is mounted on a movable platform (48). A pin straightening assembly (85) is attached to a movable holding bar (73) above the backplane-supported pins (31). By selectiv... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4331182 | Dressing finger assembly for automatic wiring machines The present disclosure describes a dressing finger assembly of advanced design for use on automatic wiring machines. Such machines make solderless wrapped electrical connections on pluralities of planar disposed terminals. A dressing finger is employed to... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4327781 | Wire storage and wrapping tool A wire storage and wrapping tool for making wrapped wire connections on wrapping posts incorporates a portable housing having a front end and a rear end, a hollow open-ended sleeve shaft extending through the housing and rotatably mounted therein with its... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4180245 | Mechanical fencing machine A fencing machine where a tensioned fence with posts or droppers attached is laid along the fence line. The machine tensions the wires and by deflecting the wire inserts the deflected wires into offset slots in the posts or droppers.... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4072176 | Automatic wire handling and wrapping apparatus Disclosed is an automatic wire handling and wrapping apparatus wherein wire from a continuous feed supply is sequentially prepared and wrapped between terminals of an electrical terminal board or the like to form a connection therebetween. The wrapping is... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4069845 | Wire wrapping apparatus Wire wrapping apparatus for use such as in the wrapping of an insulated single strand electrical wire around a rectangular cross-section terminal tag or post is disclosed. The present apparatus provides for the insulation to be cut or severed by an intera... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4033386 | Wiring head with resiliently locked and resettable guide tube mounting assembly A wiring head housing, particularly adapted for use in an automatic cable harness forming machine, incorporates a uniquely mounted, resiliently locked and resettable guide tube assembly that allows a guide tube, while being moved horizontally in accordanc... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3971419 | Dressing finger for automatic wiring machines The present disclosure describes an improved dressing finger for use with automatic wiring machines. Such machines are used to make solderless wrapped connections on terminals emanating from a common plane. The dressing finger which is used to form predet... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3960309 | Fine wire twisted pair routing and connecting system Apparaus for automatically bonding pre-twisted wires to a number of pairs of ground and current contact points on a workpiece or substrate is disclosed. The apparatus forms a loop in the pre-twisted wires and bonds each wire to a ground or current contact... | 06/01/1976 |
