摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device configured to singulate wires from a wire bundle.SOLUTION: A wire singulating device 106 includes a stationary plate 114 and a movable plate 146 that define a wire funnel 112 and a wire channel 118 therebetween.The wire funnel receives a wire bundle 104 that includes a plurality of wires 102. The wire channel is below the wire funnel and receives the wires from the wire funnel through a top opening 160 in the wire channel. The wire channel directs the wires one at a time to a take away zone 122 below a bottom opening 162 of the wire channel. A wire transfer member 124 below the bottom opening of the wire channel has a slot 126 that receives the wire in the take away zone. The wire transfer member moves relative to the stationary plate and the movable plate to separate the wire in the slot from the wire bundle.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 |