JPH07201436A - Multicore cable wiring device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To downsize a device, to reduce the cost, and to improve the workability by providing a core hooking part and a core pushing bar or the like to make possible the automatic wiring of a cable at a predetermined wiring position of a connector housing. CONSTITUTION:A core hooking part 8 provided in the tip of a pickup arm 2 is driven in the axial direction of the arm 2, and while one-way turned around this axis to hook a core 28 held at a core holding predetermined position. Next, the arm 2 is driven more in the axial direction, and a core pushing bar 4 and the core hooking part 8, which are provided in the tip of the arm 2, are stopped at a position, in which they are aligned with a predetermined wiring groove 32, and thereafter, turned in the reverse direction to lead the core 28 into the predetermined groove 32. Continuously, when the arm 2 is turned more, the core pushing bar 4 pushes the core 28 into the groove 32 sufficiently deep, and wiring of one core 28 is thereby performed. In the case where a core discriminating and feeding device is combined, discrimination and wiring of the core 28 can be automatically performed by previously aligning the core 28 for holding in an aligning and holding jig of this device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multi-core cable wiring device, and more particularly, when laying a core wire of a multi-core cable on a connector housing, identifying a wiring position of a connector housing corresponding to an arbitrary core wire. The present invention relates to a multi-core cable wiring device for positioning and then automatically wiring to a predetermined position of a connector housing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional multi-core cable wiring device, an operator attaches a connector previously attached to one end portion of the multi-core cable to the multi-core cable wiring device, and attaches a core wire at the opposite end. Each one is taken out and pressed against the probe to form a loop in which the core wire identification device built in the multi-core cable wiring device is interposed, and the core wire identification device identifies the core wire,
By the identification output, the tip of the wiring positioning guide is driven to a predetermined position of the connector housing, and if the tip of the positioning guide reaches the above-mentioned predetermined position,
An operator manually arranges the core wire of the multi-core cable at that position. Therefore, the operator is forced to perform a monotonous and complicated work, and there is a problem that productivity is poor.

In order to solve this problem, a core wire is pressed against a probe, and after the core wire is identified, a core wire gripping device, for example, a device such as a magic hand, grips the core wire and automatically places it in a predetermined position of a connector housing. A large-sized and complex multi-core cable wiring device for wiring has been developed.

[0004]

The above-mentioned multi-core cable wiring device is a device unique to each connector manufacturer,
It is a device that supports only in-house connectors. For this reason, there is a problem in that it cannot be used at all for connectors of other connector makers, and it is not versatile. In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to cope with a large variety of small connectors.

Further, the multi-core cable wiring device having the above-described core wire gripping device has a large and complicated mechanism, is difficult to move, has low reliability, is expensive, and has low workability. There is a problem of being bad.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an operator automatically presses the core wire of a multi-core cable against a core wire detection device to automatically position the wire at a predetermined wiring position on the connector housing. It is small, cheap, and easy to wire.
An object is to provide a multi-core cable wiring device having good workability. Another object of the present invention is to further combine the core wire with a core wire feeding device so that the core wires can be reliably taken out from the core wire alignment jig one by one only by aligning and holding the multi-core cable in the core wire alignment jig. To be able to make an identification,
An object of the present invention is to provide a multi-core cable wiring device combined with an inexpensive core wire feeding device having a simple structure and high work efficiency.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention holds a housing holder for holding a connector housing at a predetermined relative position to an apparatus main body, and a multi-core cable in the vicinity of the housing holder. A cable holder and a core wire holding means for holding the core wires one by one at a predetermined core wire holding position above the housing holder, and arranged above the housing holder and driven in the longitudinal direction of the housing holder. Is also located on the housing holder side (lower side) and can be swung around a rotation axis parallel to the longitudinal direction, and the rotation axis fixed to the front end of the pickup arm. Fixed to the front end of the pickup arm, as well as the core pushing bar protruding toward the housing holder in the plane perpendicular to , In the vertical plane, at a radial position remote from the pivot axis than the distal end of the core wire Pusshinguba,
A pair of core wire hooking portions arranged on both sides of the core wire pushing bar, and driving the pickup arm, the core wire pushing bar, and the core wire hooking portion in the direction of the rotation axis to arrange the vertical surface in the wiring groove. And a second drive means for swinging the pickup arm, the core wire pushing bar, and the core wire hooking portion around the rotating shaft, the core wire pushing bar and the core wire hooking portion. Is rotated about the rotation axis by a predetermined angle, the core wire hooking portion introduces the core wire, which has been hooked, into the designated wiring groove of the connector housing, and is further rotated. Along with this, the core wire pushing bar pushes the introduced core wire into the wiring groove.

Further, the present invention provides a core wire alignment groove for aligning and holding the core wires in a line, and a core wire alignment jig including a core wire pushing-out means for pushing the core wire to a leading position in the core wire alignment groove, and a core wire alignment groove. A carrying means for hooking and receiving the leading core wire in the core wire and carrying it to the core wire holding planned position, and the carrying means are arranged while the core wire is carried from the leading position in the core wire alignment groove to the planned position. A core wire holding means for holding the core wires one by one at a predetermined core wire holding position above the housing holder while the core wires are in contact with each other. Characterize.

[0009]

The core wire hooking portion provided at the tip of the pickup arm is driven in the axial direction of the arm and is rotated around the shaft in one direction to be held at the core wire holding planned position. Hang up. The arm is further driven in the axial direction, stopped at a position where the core wire pushing bar and the core wire hooking portion provided at the tip of the arm are aligned with the designated wiring groove, and then rotated in the opposite direction to move the core wire. When the arm is further rotated, the core wire pushing bar pushes the core wire sufficiently deep into the wire distribution groove. In this way, one core wire is laid and the same operation is repeated for all the other core wires.

When the wiring apparatus main body is driven in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the pickup arm so that it can be positioned at a plurality of positions and a plurality of housing holders are provided corresponding to the plurality of positions, one housing holder can be used. Identifying the core wire of a multi-core cableWhile the wiring operation is being performed, you can load the multi-core cable into another housing holder and prepare for wiring. Can be improved.

Further, if the core wires are sent out one by one to the predetermined position, and further, the core wire identification sending-out device for identifying the core wire number in the middle of sending out is combined, the core wires are aligned and held by the core wire identifying and sending device. It is possible to automatically perform the identification wiring only by preliminarily aligning and holding the tool.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. Multi-core cable wiring device 1
Is the core wire 28 of the arbitrarily selected multi-core cable 27.
This is a device for laying wires one by one in a predetermined wiring groove 32 in either one of the pair of connector housings 7a, 7b. The core wire sensor base 5 is provided with a probe 5a, which is an example of a known core wire detection device, as a means for holding the core wires 28a to be wired one by one. The probe 5a as a core wire holding means is positioned almost directly above the multi-core cable 27 held by a housing holder 6 detachably provided to the main body of the multi-core cable wiring device 1. It is desirable to be provided in. The core wire sensor base 5 may be movable according to various conditions such as the number of core wires 28 of the multi-core cable 27 and the type of housing holder.

The pickup arm 2 is an arm head 3,
It is composed of a pair of core wire hooking portions 8a and 8b formed at both ends of the arm head, and a plate-shaped core wire pushing bar 4 protruding from the arm head 3 toward the rotation center thereof, and fixed to the arm bearing base 14. Has been done. The pickup arm 2 is arranged above the housing holder 6 in parallel therewith, is driven in the longitudinal direction of the housing holder, and is located closer to the housing holder than the housing arm 6 and is parallel to the longitudinal direction. It can be swung around the axis of movement A (FIG. 3). Core wire pushing bar 4
Is attached to the front end of the pickup arm 2,
It projects toward the housing holder (inward toward the rotation axis) in a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis. The pair of core wire hooking portions 8a and 8b are also in the vertical plane, but symmetrically on both sides of the core wire pushing bar 4 at a radial position farther from the rotation axis A than the tip of the core wire pushing bar. Will be placed.

The core wire guide 9 is composed of a pair of core wire guide support arms 29 and 34, and is symmetrically arranged on both sides of the neutral position of the core wire hooking portion 8 and the core wire pushing bar 4. Similar to the pickup arm 2, the support arms 29 and 34 are supported by the arm bearing base 14 and have a front guide piece 29F and a rear guide piece 30R at their tips.
Have. The guide pieces 29F and 30R have wall surfaces facing each other with the vertical surface in between, and the pickup arm 2
28a hooked on the core wire hooking portion 8 when the
Also, a core wire guide groove 30 through which the core wire pushing bar 4 can pass is formed between them (in the vertical plane), and the pickup holder is held along the upper surface of the connector housing 7 held by the housing holder 6. It is moved in the axial direction in synchronization with the axial movement of the frame 2. It is desirable to form an expansion opening 31 on the inlet side of the core wire guide groove 30 to facilitate and ensure the introduction of the core wire. In FIG. 2, an example in which the core wire guide support arm 29 is configured and arranged so as to cover the support arm 34 is shown. , 30R may be fixed.

The rotary drive system includes a rotary motor 22, a motor control circuit 46 (see FIG. 4), an arm rotary gear 10, a spline gear 11 having teeth extended in the axial direction, a gear 12, a pulley 21, and It is composed of a timing belt 25 and the like. As shown in FIG. 3, the rotary drive system includes an arm head 3 and a pair of core wire guide support arms 2.
The pickup arm 2 is rotated about the axis A so that the pushing bar 4 enters the core wire guide groove 30 while passing through the space between 9 and 34. The pickup arm 2 in the figure is shown rotated from the neutral position by an angle θ. Although not shown in FIG. 3, the same core wire guide support arms 29 and 34 are arranged at symmetrical positions with respect to the center line Z at the neutral position of the pushing bar 4.

The axial drive system comprises an axial drive motor 2
3, the motor control circuit 47 (see FIG. 4), pulley 19
a, 19b, timing belts 24, 26, stay 17, and the like. Stay 17 is belt 2
6 for connecting the arm bearing base 14 to the slider 1
The arm bearing base 14 provided on the motor 5 is axially moved along the slide rail 16 in response to the drive of the motor 23.

In the operation of the first embodiment, first, the operator inserts the multi-core cable 27 in the cable holder 33 and inserts it into the mounting portion 6a of the housing holder 6 to start the identification wiring operation. The operator arbitrarily picks one core wire 28a from the core wire 28, and as shown in FIG.
Is held by the probe 5a and brought into conductive contact, and the core number is detected by a known method. In addition, 1 of the detection method of the core wire number
Examples are described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 5-29597 "Core wire identification wiring device for multi-core cable".

The detected core wire number of the core wire 28a is guided to the core wire address encoder 42 and converted into a code corresponding to the core wire number.
Is abbreviated). In the CPU 43, based on this, the core wire 28a is moved to the connector housings 7a, 7
The positions of the wiring grooves 32 _{1 to} 32 n of b to be wired are calculated. The wiring position data obtained as a result of the calculation is passed through the pulse distribution circuit 45 to the rotation motor control circuit 4
6 and the motor control circuit 47 for axial drive,
The rotation motor 22 and the axial drive motor 23 are controlled respectively. The CPU 43 also controls the operation of other parts of the multi-core cable wiring device 1.

The pickup arm 2 and the core wire guide 9 supported by the arm bearing base 14 are shown in FIG.
From the position of the core wire guide 9'indicated by the broken line (provisionally, this position is the origin position), the core wire hooking portions 8a, 8b at the tip end portion of the pickup arm 2 are driven by the axial drive system.
Is axially moved (advanced) to a position where the core wire 28a can be received. When the rotary drive system reaches a predetermined position, the pair of left and right connector housings 7a, 7b
Among them, the pickup arm 2 is once rotated to the side opposite to the side where the core wire 28a is to be wired. For example, when the core wire 28a is about to be laid on the left connector housing 7a, the pickup arm 2 is rotated clockwise by an angle sufficient for the core wire hooking portion 8a to hook the core wire 28a. At this time, if the axial movement and the clockwise rotation are simultaneously performed,
The operating time can be shortened.

When the core wire hooking portion 8a is rotated by an angle at which the core wire 28a can be hooked, the pickup arm 2 is rotated counterclockwise so as to be inverted and rotated.
8a is hooked on and held by the core wire hooking portion 8a. Next, the pickup arm 2, the core wire guide support arm 29,
34 is a wiring groove 3 in which the core wire guide groove 30 and the push bar 4 are to be wired in the connector housing 7a in a state in which the core wire hooking portion 8a hooks and holds the core wire 28a.
It is moved and positioned by an axial drive system so that it is aligned 2 m above (see Figure 5). At the same time as possible, in the rotary drive system, the core wire 28a has the core wire guide groove 3
It is desirable to rotate the pickup arm 2 in the counterclockwise direction up to the vicinity of the lower end of the 0 groove.

The core wire pushing bar 4 and the guide groove 3
When 0 reaches a position aligned with the wiring groove 32m (FIG. 5), the rotary drive system further rotates the pickup arm 2 and the pushing bar 4 in the counterclockwise direction. As a result, the core wire 28a is press-fitted deeply into the wiring groove 32m at the side surface portion 4a of the pushing bar 4 and is wired like a core wire 28a 'shown by a chain line in FIG. The virtual position of the arm head 3 at this time is shown by reference numeral 3'in FIG. Then, the pickup arm 2 is rotated in the clockwise direction to return to the original neutral position. As described above, the identification wiring operation of one core wire is completed. The same operation as described above is repeated for the second and subsequent core wires until the identification wiring operation for all the core wires is completed.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an outline of a multi-core cable wiring device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the multi-core cable wiring device 1 is placed on the upper surface of the moving device 38,
A slider 35 is provided below the moving device 38, and the wiring device 1 is moved on the rail 36 in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction and can be fixed at the first and second stop positions. The first and second housing holder holding portions 37 are provided at proper positions corresponding to the first and second stop positions.
a and 37b are arranged to detachably hold the first and second housing holders 6a and 6b. The moving device 38
For example, a drive motor is provided inside the drive unit and is driven via a gear and a rack, wheels, or the like.

The operation of the second embodiment will be described. Since the identification wiring operation of the core wire 28 of the multi-core cable 27 is exactly the same as that of the first embodiment, its description is omitted. At the time of operation, as shown in FIG.
The operation of identifying the core wire of the first multi-core cable, which is set to the stop position and is held by the first housing holder 6a, is performed as in the first embodiment. Meanwhile, the operator loads the second multicore cable into the second housing holder 6b. When the identification wiring operation of the core wire of the first multi-core cable is completed, the multi-core cable wiring apparatus 1 is moved by the moving device 38 to the second stop position corresponding to the second housing holder 6b. Then, the identification wiring operation of the core wire of the second multi-core cable is subsequently performed.
During that time, the multi-core cable held by the first housing holder 6a is replaced with another new cable and the work is continued.

As described above, the wiring operation for identifying the core wire of the multi-core cable held by the first and second housing holders 6a and 6b, the connector hanging to each housing holder, and the attachment of the multi-core cable are performed. Since they are performed alternately, the standby time of the multi-core cable wiring device 1 is shortened and the operating efficiency thereof can be greatly improved according to the second embodiment. Further, the number of stop setting points of the wiring device 1 is set to three or more, a plurality of housing holders corresponding thereto are provided, and the core wire identification wiring operation of the same kind or different kinds of multi-core cables held by the housing holders is sequentially performed. It may be performed.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the worker holds the core wires 28 one by one in a conductive contact state with the probe 5a to identify the core wire number and perform automatic wiring.
The core wire number of the second core wire may be identified by the probe 5a while the core wire number of the first core wire is being identified and the automatic wire distribution is being performed, thereby speeding up the automatic wire laying operation. . At this time, it is preferable to temporarily store the identification result of the second core (core number, etc.) in a storage device such as a memory until the automatic wiring of the first core is completed.

In the above, an example in which the core wires are manually sent one by one to the probe which is the core wire holding means has been described.
This core wire sending operation can be automated. A specific example thereof will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. In the figure, a core wire identifying and transmitting device 51 is composed of a link mechanism, a drive unit of the link mechanism, a core wire number detecting means, and the like. The core wire aligning jig 52 is driven in the direction of arrow A by the driving force of the drive spring 63 via the core wire aligning groove 60 that holds the core wires 28 in line and the drive link 62, and the core wire pushing plate 61 that pushes out the core wires 28. , And the multi-core cable 27 while engaging with the protrusion 72a of the holder 72 of the wiring device.
And a mounting portion 64 for holding the. In addition,
The core wire push-out plate 61 is located in the core wire alignment groove 60, and can be moved in the direction of arrow A without being disengaged from the core wire alignment groove 60 by a fall prevention and movement direction regulation means (not shown). Further, the width of the core wire alignment groove 60 can be adjusted according to the thickness of the core wire 28 by a core wire alignment groove width adjusting means (not shown). Further, the core wire alignment jig 52 has a link 56 with a claw described later.
Also, a lateral groove is provided to allow the stopper 59 to pass through.

The above-mentioned link mechanism is used for the worm wheel 5
7 and a link 56 with a pawl that is rotatably connected thereto, and the link mechanism is driven by a drive motor 53 via a drive shaft 54 and a worm gear 55.
The link mechanism conveys the core wire 28 at the leading position from the outlet of the core wire alignment groove 60 of the core wire alignment jig 52 to a predetermined core wire holding position. That is, the claw link 56 is
The position 56 drawn with a broken line from the position drawn with a solid line in FIG.
It rotates to ′ ′, holds the core wire 28 there, and stands by. At that position, the pick-up arm 2 hooks the core wires 28 one by one, receives them, and wires them in the designated groove of the connector housing (not shown) as described in the first embodiment.

The core wire stopper 59 has a rotating shaft 57 when the worm wheel 57 rotates counterclockwise.
The rear end 59a of the core wire stopper 59 is pushed by the core wire stopper driving pin 57b provided at a and is pushed in the direction of the arrow B to align the leading core wire 28a.
(See FIG. 8) and the next core wire 28b. The core wire feeding device 51 and the holder 72 may be attached to the core wire arranging device body 1 or may be separately attached to the housing holders 6a and 6b in FIG.

During operation, the core wire 28 of the multi-core cable 27
If the core wire aligning jig 52 in which the above are aligned and held in advance is mounted on the holder 72 and the connector housing is mounted on the housing holder (neither is shown), the core wire 28
It becomes possible to perform the identification transmission work. In addition, if the core wire 28 has a length that can be hooked by the link 56 with the claw arranged on the upper surface of the worm wheel 57,
It does not matter if there is some variation in the length. Also,
In order to hold the core wires 28 in line in the core wire aligning jig 52, the core wires 28 are inserted one by one from the outlet of the core wire alignment groove 60, or the core wires 28 are aligned in one line with a clip or a crocodile clip. All you have to do is to put them in line with each other and insert them in order from the end.

When the motor 53 is started, the worm wheel 57 is passed through the drive shaft 54 and the worm gear 55.
And the ring 56 with a pawl rotatably connected thereto is driven. At the same time, the core wire stopper 5
9 is also driven, and before the link 56 with the claw hooks the core wire 28a, its tip is inserted between the leading core wire 28a and the following core wire 28b, and the core wires 28a and 28b are separated.

The driven claw link 56 is a claw for hooking the core wire provided on the side surface thereof, and hooks only one core wire 28a sorted as described above, and is a probe with a blade which is a core wire number detecting means. Transport to position 58. When the core wire 28a is brought into conductive contact with the bladed probe 58, the core wire number is detected by a known method. The core wire 28a is further conveyed to the core wire holding position 28a ', and the pickup arm 2
I will wait for you to pick up. The pickup arm 2 hooks and receives the core wire 28a as described above.
Complete the wiring by pushing it into the designated wiring groove.

While the link 56 with the pawl is returned from the position 56 'drawn by the broken line in FIG. 8 to the original position drawn by the solid line, the core wire stopper 59 also moves to the next core wire 28b.
Is the leading position of the core wire alignment groove 60, that is, the core wire 28.
The core wire 28b is extruded by the core wire push-out plate 61 so that the core wire 28b is pushed out so that it can come out to the position where a was located, and the preparation for the next identification sending operation is performed.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a main portion of another example in which the link mechanism portion of FIGS. 7 and 8 is replaced with a rotating disc mechanism portion.
The same symbols as 8 represent the same or equivalent parts. The pair of grooved rotary discs 75 has one or a plurality of core wire take-out grooves 76 on the circumference thereof and is fixed coaxially with the worm wheel 7. The depth of the core wire take-out groove 76 is substantially the same as the diameter of the core wire 28, and only one core wire 28 can be taken out.

In operation, the rotating disk 75 with grooves is rotated by the motor 3, and only one core wire 28a at the leading position of the core wire aligning groove 60 is hooked and taken out, and the core wire 28a is rotated to the position of the bladed probe 58 and conveyed. Then, after detecting the core wire number as in the case described above, the core wire is further conveyed to a predetermined core wire holding position. Almost at the same time that the core wire 28a is conveyed to the core wire holding position, the next core wire take-out groove 76 hooks and takes out only one next core wire 28b, and the probe with blade 8
To the position. Such an operation is repeated until processing of all the core wires of the multi-core cable is completed.

In each of the above-mentioned core wire feeding devices, the claw link 56 and the grooved rotary disk 75 are arranged in the upper and lower sides so as to sandwich the bladed probe 58 between them. During the transportation, when the core wire 28 is transported obliquely and is brought into conductive contact with the probe 8 with a blade, the core wire 28 is too strongly hit by the blade of the probe 8 with a blade and is cut, or vice versa. This is to prevent malfunctions without coming into contact with each other and to make the hooking operation by the core wire hooking portion 8 of the pickup arm 2 more reliable.

[0036]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (1) The operator simply presses the core wire of the multi-core cable against the core wire detection device and holds it at the expected position, and the core wire hooking part and the pushing bar automatically move to the specified wiring position of the connector housing. Since wiring can be performed, workability can be improved and wiring efficiency can be increased as compared with the conventional device.

(2) If the axial movement of the pickup arm, that is, the core hooking portion, the pushing bar, etc. and the rotation about the axis are simultaneously performed in parallel, the efficiency of the identification wiring operation is further improved. be able to.

(3) Since the core hooking portion, the pushing bar and the like can be rotated around one axis and can be moved in the same axis direction, the structure is simple and the apparatus is small and inexpensive. Can be provided.

(4) The main body of the multi-core cable wiring device is movable in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the pickup arm or the like,
By setting a plurality of stop positions and providing a plurality of housing holders corresponding to the respective stop positions, in the interval between performing the wiring operation for identifying the core wire of the multi-core cable by one housing holder, Since the multi-core cable can be set in another housing holder, the standby time of the main body of the multi-core cable wiring device is shortened and the operation rate of the device is improved.
Productivity is also improved.

(5) If the core wires are sorted one by one to identify the core wire numbers and are combined with a core wire identifying and sending device that conveys and holds the core wires to the planned core wire holding position, the core wires are aligned and held by the core wire identifying and sending device. All operations other than the work of aligning and holding and the work of attaching and detaching the connector housing can be automated, and the identification wiring operation can be performed more reliably and efficiently.

(6) If the housing holder is constructed so as to be detachable, it is possible to easily cope with a large variety of products and a small amount of products by exchanging the housing holders with those corresponding to different types of connectors as needed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a multi-core cable wiring device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along a vertical plane passing through the wiring guide groove of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of a multi-core cable wiring device.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the wiring according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of a multi-core cable wiring device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a core wire feeding device suitable for use in the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a top view of the link mechanism portion of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a main part of another example of the core wire feeding device suitable for use in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Multi-core cable wiring device, 2 ... Pickup arm,
3 ... Arm head, 4 ... Core wire pushing bar, 5 ... Core wire sensor stand, 5a ... Probe, 6 ... Housing holder, 7
a, 7b ... Connector housing, 8 ... Core wire hooking portion, 9
... Wiring guide, 10 ... Arm rotation gear, 11 ... Spline gear, 12 ... Gear, 13 ... Bearing stay, 14 ... Arm bearing stand, 15, 35 ... Slider, 16, 36 ... Slide rail, 17 ... Stay, 18 , 19a, b, 21 ...
Pulley, 22 ... Rotating motor, 23 ... Axial direction driving motor, 24-26 ... Timing belt, 27 ... Multi-core cable, 28 ... Core wire, 29 ... Core wire guide support arm, 30
... core wire guide groove, 31 ... guide groove opening, 32, 32 _{1 to} 3
2n ... Wiring groove, 33 ... Cable holder, 34 ... Core wire guide support arm, 37a, 37b ... Housing holder holding part, 38 ... Moving device, 41 ... Operation part, 42 ... Core wire address encoder, 43 ... Central processing unit (CPU) ), 44 ...
Display unit, 45 ... Pulse distribution circuit, 46 ... Rotating motor control circuit, 47 ... Axial direction driving motor control circuit

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Shozo Hamano Tateno, Otate, Tateno, Mitagawa-machi, Kanzaki-gun, Saga 700 Inside the Saga factory, Nishim Electronics Co., Ltd. 700 Nishim Electronics Co., Ltd. Saga factory

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A multi-core cable wiring device for automatically laying one end of each core wire of a multi-core cable in each designated wiring groove of a connector housing, wherein the connector housing is attached to the main body of the device. A housing holder for holding the multi-core cable in a predetermined relative position; a cable holder for holding the multi-core cable in the vicinity of the housing holder; and a core wire holding means arranged at a predetermined position above the housing holder for holding one core wire at a time. Being disposed above the housing holder, being driven in the longitudinal direction of the housing holder, and being swingable around a rotation axis that is located closer to the housing holder than the housing holder and is parallel to the longitudinal direction. And a housing arm that is attached to the front end of the pickup arm and that is in a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis. And a core wire pushing bar projecting toward the front end of the core wire, the core wire being attached to the front end portion of the pickup arm at a radial position in the vertical plane that is farther from the rotating shaft than the tip of the core wire pushing bar. A pair of core wire hooking portions arranged on both sides of the pushing bar, and the pickup arm, the core wire pushing bar, and the core wire hooking portion are driven in the direction of the rotation axis to move the vertical surface into a designated wiring groove. A first driving means for substantially aligning the first arm and a second driving means for swinging the pickup arm, the core pushing bar, and the core hooking section around the rotating shaft; and the core pushing bar and the core hooking section. Is rotated about a rotation axis by a predetermined angle, the core wire hooking portion introduces the core wire, which has been hooked, into a designated wiring groove of the connector housing. Is accompanied to being rotated in,
A multi-core cable wiring device, wherein the core wire pushing bar pushes the core wire introduced as described above into the wiring groove. 2. A pair of housing holders are arranged symmetrically in parallel on both sides of a surface including the rotation axis, and the second drive means is a side to which the housing including a designated wiring groove is attached. After rotating the core wire pushing bar and the core wire hooking part in the opposite direction, rotate them in the opposite direction to hook the core wire on the side where the housing including the specified wiring groove is attached. The multi-core cable wiring device according to claim 1, wherein the core wire is hooked at the portion. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing holder is detachable from the apparatus body.
The multi-core cable wiring device described in. 4. A core wire which is axially moved along an upper surface of a connector housing held by the housing holder in synchronism with an axial movement of the pickup arm, and which is hooked on a core wire hooking portion. The invention further comprises front and rear guide pieces arranged to face each other with the vertical surface sandwiched therebetween so as to form a core guide groove through which the core pushing bar can pass, in the vertical surface. The multi-core cable wiring device according to claim 1. 5. The core wire holding means also serves as a core wire detection device for determining a wire laying groove in which the held core wire is to be laid, and the core wire holding means also serves as a core wire detecting device. Multi-core cable wiring device. 6. The multi-core cable wiring device is further provided with moving means for moving the multi-core cable wiring device in parallel with the direction of the rotation axis at a right angle and for setting a plurality of stop positions, and at a predetermined relative position with respect to the wiring device body. A plurality of the housing holders for holding the connector housing are arranged corresponding to the plurality of stop positions.
5. The multi-core cable wiring device according to any one of 5. 7. The core wire holding means for holding one core wire at a predetermined position above the housing holder includes a core wire aligning groove for aligning and holding the core wires in a row, and a leading end of the core wire aligning groove. A core wire aligning jig including a core wire pushing out means for pushing out the core wire to a position; a carrying means for hooking and receiving the leading core wire in the core wire aligning groove; and carrying means for carrying to the core wire holding planned position; The core wire is arranged in the middle of being conveyed from the tip end position in the core wire alignment groove to the predetermined position, and a detection means for detecting the core wire number of the core wire while the core wire is in contact is provided. Claim 1
5. The multi-core cable wiring device according to any one of 5. 8. The conveying means is driven in a plane substantially perpendicular to the leading core wire in the core wire aligning groove, and has a claw for hooking only one leading core wire and holding it during transportation. The multi-core cable wiring device according to claim 7, wherein the multi-core cable wiring device is a link with a claw. 9. The claw is driven so as to draw at least a part of a circular locus.
The multi-core cable wiring device described in. 10. The transporting means is driven in a plane substantially perpendicular to the leading core wire in the core wire aligning groove, and at least one for holding the leading core wire during transportation by hooking only one of the leading core wires. The multi-core cable wiring device according to claim 7, which is a rotary disk with a groove having two grooves on its periphery. 11. The conveying means are arranged in pairs vertically, and a pair of conveying means hooks one core wire at two upper and lower positions, and conveys the core wire by parallel movement to the core wire holding planned position. The multi-core cable wiring device according to any one of claims 7 to 10. 12. The multi-core cable wiring device according to claim 7, wherein the core wire alignment jig is configured to be detachable from the multi-core cable wiring device. 13. The multi-core cable wiring device according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of sets of the core wire alignment jigs are arranged corresponding to a plurality of the housing holders.