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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1987
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for processing the end portion of a shielded cable comprises at least one cable-holding means for holding the shielded cable, a transport means for moving the cable-holding means through various stations, the shielded cable being removed of a predetermined length of its outer insulation jacket beforehand and being clamped in the cable-holding means at a first station such that the exposed portion thereof projects forward compressed air means provided opposite the position at which the exposed portion of the shielded cable stops at the second station for blowing air onto exposed shielding wires so as to separate them into upper and lower rows, a wire-bending means provided opposite the position at which the exposed portion of the shielded cable stops at the third station for straightening and aligning the shielding wires separated by the compressed means and bending the same back over the cable-holding means, and a wire-cutting means provided opposite the position at which the exposed portion of the shielded cable stops at the fourth station for cutting the shielding wires bent back over the cable-holding means.