Automatic wiring apparatus with rotatable insertion tooling.

摘要

Machine for interconnecting wire-in-slot type terminals (32) in connectors (30, 42) mounted on a panel board (20) utilizes a wire feel wheel (70), rotatable insertion tooling (10, and an X-Y table (16). Wire (22) is fed vertically through a rotation housing (150) past wire inserters (170,175) mounted above an aperture (53) in a rotary plate (52). Wires (22) are positioned for termination by wire feeding and movement of the X-Y table (16) on which the panel board (20) is mounted. Independently pivotable idler wheels (72) cooperate with the feed wheel (70) to engage one or two wires (22). Insertion is effected by downward movement of the rotation housing (150) which drives the inserters (170, 175) through the aperture (53) in the rotary plate (52). The rotation housing (150) is moved by pivoting a yoke (113) with a variable pivot point (114) to change limits of travel and therefore insertion depth. The plate (52), inserters (170, 175), and rotation housing (150) may be rotated to four orthogonal orientations to insert wires (22) in terminals (32) having four respective orientations. Through-wire type inserters (170) may be shifted laterally on the rotary plate (52) by solenoids (219) so that wire cutt-off type inserters (175) will be poised above the aperture (53) in the rotary plate (52), making the apparatus capable of threading a wire (22) through several connectors (30) prior to cutting it.