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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1993
Max Koch, Meggen, CH;
Alois Conte, Ebikon, CH;
Komax Holding AG, Meggen, CH;
Abstract
Cable-bundling equipment for cable-processing machines, wherein, a first cable slack can be finally bundled and withdrawn already properly oriented, while the bundling operation for a second cable slack continues to proceed and is not interrupted when a faulty cable is ascertained, with this equipment including a rotatable cable receptacle unit having first and second bundle clamps, wherein the first bundle clamps are associated with the reception of fault-free cables and the second bundle clamps with the reception of faulty cables; a first gripper, pivotable into three operative settings, which, in the first operative setting takes the cable from a second gripper provided for cable transport; the cable in the second operative setting of the first gripper is transferred to a first bundle clamp, or in the third operative setting of the first gripper to a second bundle clamp; the cable end to be transferred to the respective bundle clamp being transported extending perpendicular to the direction of movement of the second gripper, while the other end, according to cable slack, is guided in a first or second channel of a cable trough extending parallel to the direction of movement of the second gripper.