| 摘要 |
1520346 Guiding and handling elongate elements during dispensing AMP Inc 18 Oct 1976 [3 Nov 1975 16 Sept 1976] 43139/76 Headings B8B and B8U Apparatus for feeding pieces of wire 6 from the bottom of a stack to a station where terminals are crimped to the ends of the wires comprises a rotatable drum 16 which initially moves each wire laterally and then longitudinally of its length to the crimping station. The drum includes a peripheral groove which extends axially of the drum as it extends around the drum, and a stop is provided adjacent the drum surface to prevent longitudinal advance of a wire received in the groove until it has shifted laterally far enough to avoid the stop, the wire being moved laterally by the drum groove walls as the drum is rotated. The base of the groove in the area of wire lateral displacement is stationary relative to the drum. An adjustable spring loaded idler roller 210 keeps the wires in the groove. The stack of wires 6 are formed in a hopper comprising blocks 44, 46 forming a funnel into a channel 48, the sides of the channel 48 incorporating power driven endless belts 52, 54 for urging the wires downwardly. |
