Wire Singulating Device

摘要

A wire singulating device includes a stationary plate and a movable plate that define a wire funnel and a wire channel therebetween. The movable plate is movable relative to the stationary plate to control a width of the wire channel. The wire funnel receives a wire bundle that includes plural wires. The wire channel is below the wire funnel and receives the wires from the wire funnel through a top opening in the wire channel. The wire channel directs the wires one at a time to a take away zone below a bottom opening of the wire channel. A wire transfer member below the bottom opening of the wire channel has a slot 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.

主权项

1. A wire singulating device comprising:
a stationary plate and a movable plate defining a wire funnel and a wire channel therebetween, the wire channel disposed below the wire funnel, the movable plate configured to be movable relative to the stationary plate to control a width of the wire channel, the wire funnel receiving a wire bundle that includes plural wires, the wire channel having a top opening that receives wires of the wire bundle from the wire funnel, the wire channel directing the wires one at a time to a take away zone below a bottom opening of the wire channel; and a wire transfer member disposed below the bottom opening of the wire channel, the wire transfer member having a slot that aligns with the bottom opening and receives the wire in the take away zone, the wire transfer member configured to move relative to the stationary plate and the movable plate to separate the wire in the slot from the wire bundle.