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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1996
Sanae Kato, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiko Takada, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing electrical harnesses including wires and electrical connectors comprises a pair of wire measuring rollers, a pair of connector tables located respectively at a first and a second locations for setting connectors thereon, which first location being near the rollers and the second location being in the wire feeding direction away from the first location, a wire feeding head disposed near a first connector table located at the first location and axially movable between the first and second locations, and a vertically movable wire pressing blade disposed on the first connector table, wherein a second connector table on which a down-facing connector is set and a third connector table on which an up-facing connector is set can be replaced with each other at the second location. In this structure, the second connector table is provided with a pectinate wire guide section having a plurality of slits, a wire pressing blade under the table to be inserted into the slits, and a pressing member for pressing the down-facing connector above the table in a vertically movable manner, whereas the third connector table is provided with a plurality of slits, and also a wire pressing blade above the table in a vertically movable manner.