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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
Mikio Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Masuyama, Kofu, JP;
Toska Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and device for simple and sure connection of a filament-shaped connecting body, comprising forwardly feeding a collecting body of a multiplicity of filament-shaped connecting bodies L comprising a filament part f, a head h and a joining part k into a join groove and a head groove which are provided on a side of a body from rearwardly of the body receiving the head h into a head support part of a head conveying arm causing the head h to approach a tip end of a hollow needle along a predetermined path from a position spaced from the hollow needle simultaneously causing a rod of a piston to force the joining part k into the hollow needle to fit the same into a latch hole b of the head h to connect the filament part f in a ring-shaped configuration.