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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1974
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JA;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for automatically sealing insulation tubes comprising a turn table intermittently turned through a part of a revolution and having a plurality of tube holders disposed in a circle about its central axis, a friction wheel disposed below the turn table and engaging the tube holders for rotating them about their respective vertical axes, a mechanism for stopping the rotation of a predetermined number of the tube holders at predetermined positions along the path of revolution of the turn table, a device for heating the tubes at predetermined positions along the path of revolution of the turn table and a mechanism for supplying a molten solder to the holders being rotated about their axes at a predetermined position in the revolution of the turn table whereby the molten solder is distributed to the peripheral parts of the tube.