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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1996
Hideaki Ito, Yokkaichi, JP;
Kouichi Ueda, Yokkaichi, JP;
Teiji Sakuma, Yokkaichi, JP;
Kazumitsu Fukada, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yasutoshi Takemoto, Yokkaichi, JP;
Shigeru Kato, Itami, JP;
Masakazu Kashiwase, Itami, JP;
Masaaki Fujii, Itami, JP;
Toshiyuki Kuramoto, Itami, JP;
Abstract
To position a wire-connected terminal TW and cope with a multitude of kinds of wire-connected terminals TW, a block 30 is provided for each wire-connected terminal TW. The block 30 includes recesses 34, 37 for detachably accommodating the wire-connected terminal TW. A part of the accommodated wire-connected terminal TW is exposed such that it can be gripped by hands 51, 52. The block 30 also includes a positioning means 38 for positioning the terminal TW accommodated in the recesses 34, 37 with respect to the hands 51, 52. Since the terminal TW is securely positioned in a transferring step of transferring the wire-connected terminal TW to the hands 51, 52, the succeeding step performed by the hands 51, 52 can be securely performed.