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EP0037202B1 - Verfahren und Anordnung zur Herstellung von mit Verdrahtung versehenen elektrischen Verbindern - Google Patents

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EP0037202B1
EP0037202B1 EP81301099A EP81301099A EP0037202B1 EP 0037202 B1 EP0037202 B1 EP 0037202B1 EP 81301099 A EP81301099 A EP 81301099A EP 81301099 A EP81301099 A EP 81301099A EP 0037202 B1 EP0037202 B1 EP 0037202B1
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Newton Gardner Davis
Phillip Eugene Loomis
Mervin Leonard Shughart
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    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
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    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
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  • the present invention proceeds from the realization that the design difficulties mentioned above can be overcome by wiring each connector at a plurality of different wire insertion stations, only some of the terminals of each connector being wired at each station.
  • a method as defined in the first paragraph of this specification is characterised in that each connector is advanced through a plurality of wire insertion stations at each of which each of a plurality of wires is inserted into the wire receiving portion of a respective terminal of the connector, adjacent ones of these said respective terminals being separated from one another at least by one other terminal of the connector.
  • the apparatus described in EP-AI-0 000 428 comprises a first wire insertion station in a wire insertion zone; means for feeding the wires along a first path to present the wires in a common plane in the wire insertion zone, the wire insertion station having first connector locating means for removably locating a first connector on one side of the common plane with the row of terminals of the first connector extending transversely of the first path; and first insertion means in the wire insertion zone and on the other side of the common plane, for inserting wires into the wire receiving portions of the terminals of the first connector, the insertion means being movable along a second path, towards and away from the connector.
  • the connector 10-3 at the insertion station 22 has wires connected to its terminals at positions 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 8
  • the connector 10-2 at the wire insertion station 20 has wires connected to its terminals at positions 1, 4 and 7, while the connector 10-1, at the wire insertion station 18 has no wires connected to its terminals.
  • wires 14 are advanced in three groups by means described below and are located as shown in Figure 1, in a common plane so that each wire of the first group is in alignment with one of the positions 1, 4 and 7 of the connector 10-1, each wire of the second group is in alignment with one of the positions 2, 5 and 8 of the connector 10-2, and each wire of the third group is in alignment with one of the positions 3, 6 and 9 of the connector 10-3.
  • Each wire of each group of wires is accordingly aligned with a terminal of the corresponding group of terminals. Adjacent terminals of each group are separated from one another by X-1 intervening terminals, where X is the number of the stations 18, 20 and 22.
  • the wires of each group number M/X, where M is the totai number of terminals in each connector 10.
  • the insertion punches 44 are lowered so as to engage each of the wires 14 and to insert them laterally of their longitudinal axes, and simultaneously, into the terminals with which they are in alignment.
  • the connector 10-3 of Figure 1 has wires connected to all terminals therein and can be removed from the apparatus, as shown in Figure 2.
  • the connectors 10-1 and 10-2 at the stations 18 and 20, respectively are advanced along a feed track 24' to the stations 20 and 22, respectively, and a connector 10 from a connector supply feed track 24 is advanced, as indicated in Figure 2, to the station 18.
  • the insertion step is then repeated so that the connector at the insertion station 22 is fully wired at the end of the operating cycle, after which the connectors are advanced again as described above.
  • a connector feed shuttle 66 is provided for positioning each connector 10 at the insertion stations 18, 20 and 22, a fixed wire locating and guide block 86, described below, being also provided for guiding the wires 14 into the terminals of the connector 10,
  • Each insertion punch 44 is arranged to be depressed from the position of Figures 3 and 4 to that of Figures 5 to 8, to insert one of the wires 14 into an aligned terminal 11 of a connector 10.
  • the wire feed shuttle 30 is advanced from the position of Figure 3 to that of Figure 4.
  • the forward guide 36 arrives at the insertion zone 16, it stops in abutment with the block 86.
  • the block 34 and the rear guide 32 continue to move, so that the wires 14 are projected into wire guiding slots 96 in the block 86 so that each wire is positioned above a terminal 11 of a connector 10, at the corresponding wire insertion station, as shown in Figure 4.
  • Wire severing and insulating stripping means are provided, which comprise lower and upper tooling blocks 46 and 52, respectively.
  • the lower tooling block 46 has for all the wires 14, a single rectilinear wire severing blade 48, and an insulation severing blade 50 for each wire 14.
  • the blades 50 are staggered so as to be positioned at varying distances from the severing blade 48.
  • the upper tooling block 52 has similarly positioned wire severing and insulating cutting blades thereon for co-operation with those of the block 46 so that when the block 52 is lowered, the trailing end of each wire 14 is severed and the insulation adjacent to such end, but not the core of the wire, is severed circumferentially.
  • the wire lengthening bars 54, the tooling block 52 and the insertion punches 44 are then raised to their initial positions, and the fully wired connector 10-3 in the final wire insertion station 22 is removed from the apparatus.
  • the connectors in the first and second insertion stations 18 and 20 are then advanced and an unwired connector is fed to the station 20.
  • the apparatus is mounted on a table 58.
  • the wires 14 extend from the spools 26 (not shown in Figure 9) to the guide roll assembly 28 and to the shuttle assembly 30, which is common to all the stations 18, 20 and 22 (as best seen in Figure 10).
  • the wire severing and insulation stripping means are contained within a cover 60, the wire insertion stations being contained within a cover 62.
  • the wire lengthening bars 54 are positioned between the covers 60 and 62.
  • the means for feeding the connectors 10 along the tracks 24 and 24' of Figures 1 and 2 and for locating the leading ends of the wires 14 in alignment with the terminals in the connectors 10 in preparation for their insertion into the terminals 11, are mounted, as best seen in Figure 12, on a base plate 64 which in turn is supported on the table 58.
  • the plate 64 has sides 65 and 67 and ends 69 and 71 ( Figures 11 and 14 to 16).
  • the connector supply feed track 24 extends parallel to the ends 69 and 71 and towards the side 67, the feed track 24', along which the wire insertion stations 18, 20 and 22 are located, extending parallel to the ends 69 and 71 and towards the side 65.
  • the individual connectors 10 are transported along the feed tracks 24 and 24' by means of identical, individual connector transfer shuttles 66 ( Figures 10 to 13 and 17), one shuttle being provided for each connector, there being accordingly a total of six shuttles 66.
  • Each shuttle 66 has an upper surface 68 ( Figure 12) having a recess 70 dimensioned to receive an individual connector 10.
  • connector locating pins 72 mounted in each recess 70 are securable in selected positions longitudinally of the shuttles 66 by means of set screws 73, to permit the accommodation of connectors of various lengths in the recesses 70.
  • the shuttles 66 are slidably supported on the upper surface of a shuttle support plate 74, as best seen in Figures 12, 13 and 17, parallel to, and supported above, the base plate 64 by L-shaped support and guide plates 76 and 76' ( Figures 14 and 15), described below, and by spacer blocks 78 located adjacent to the sides 67, 65 of the base plate 64, as best seen in Figure 1 5.
  • the feed tracks 24 and 24' are defined by guide plates 80, 82 and 84, Figures 12 and 13), which extend parallel to the ends 69 and 71 of the base plate 64 and which are spaced so that the opposed vertical surfaces of the guide plates 80 and 82 define the feed tracks 24 while the opposed vertical surfaces of the guide plates 82 and 84 define the feed track 24'.
  • These guide plates are fixed to the base plate 64 by fasteners, as shown.
  • the guide plate 80 has a leftwardly (as seen in Figure 12) extending flange 81 on its upper end which projects over the shuttles 66 in order to confine them along their paths of travel.
  • the plate 82 has a similar flange 83, for the same purpose.
  • the individual wires 14 are positioned in alignment with the terminals in the connector 10 by means of the wire locating and guide block 86 which is secured by fasteners 88 to the upper surface of the centre guide plate 82 and which extends leftwardly (as seen in Figure 12) in cantilever fashion at the wire insertion stations 18, 20 and 22, over the shuttles 66 in the track 24 and over the front guide plate 84.
  • the block 86 has a depending flange 90 at its righthand (as seen in Figure 12) end, the lower end of which flange 90 bears against the shuttles 66 on the feed track 24 to confine and guide them.
  • the underside 99 of the device 86 has a recess 92, to provide clearance for the projecting upper portions of the connectors 11 fed along the track 24'.
  • Each slot 96 has a wire entrance portion having an inclined upper wall 100 to guide a wire end into the slots 96 so that the wire end is positioned as shown in Figure 4.
  • the unwired connectors 10 are loaded into the shuttles 66 at a location 101 ( Figure 16) on the track 24, adjacent to the side 65 of the base plate 64.
  • the shuttles 66 are then initially advanced along the feed track 24 towards the side 67.
  • Each shuttle is transferred laterally, at a location 103 adjacent to the side 67, onto the feed track 24' by means described below.
  • each shuttle 66 is sequentially transferred through the stations 18, 20 and 22.
  • Each shuttle 66 is transferred from the station 22 to the location 101, at which location the fully wired connector is removed from the shuttle 66.
  • the mechanisms for advancing the shuttles 66 along the tracks 24 and 24' are shown in Figures 14 and 15.
  • the shuttles 66 are advanced along the feed track 24 by means of a slide 102, and along the track 24', past the insertion stations 18, 20 and 22, by means of a slide 102'.
  • the slide 102 is mounted for reciprocating movement in a recess defined by the plates 76 and 80.
  • a dog 104 is mounted in the slide 102 in plate 105 secured in a recess in one end of the slide 102.
  • the dog 104 which is biased upwardly (as seen in Figure 17) by a spring 108, has a portion which projects through a slot 107 in the plate 74 and is dimensioned to enter notches 112 in the lower surfaces of the shuttles 66, near their right hand (as seen in Figure 17) ends. It will be apparent from Figure 17 that the slide 102 can be moved leftwardly (as seen in Figure 17) from the position shown, to cause the dog 104 to be retracted from the notch 112 in which it is engaged and to move over the lower surface of the shuttle 66 until the dog 104 engages in the notch 112 in the next adjacent shuttle 66.
  • the dog 104 advances the shuttle rightwardly (as seen in Figure 17) along track 24.
  • Further notches 110 are provided near to the lefthand (as seen in Figure 17) ends of the shuttles 66, so that a similar dog 104' ( Figure 14) can similarly advance the shuttles 66 along the track 24' described below.
  • the slide 102 is driven in reciprocating movement by means of a piston-and-cylinder unit 116 ( Figure 14) mounted on the plate 64 and the piston rod 114 of which is threaded into a cross-head 118 which projects leftwardly (as seen in Figure 14) through an opening 122 in the plate 80.
  • the cross-head 118 is in turn secured, by fasteners 120, to the slide 102.
  • the slide 102' is driven in reciprocating movement by the unit 116 acting through a pinion 126 mounted between the ends of the plates 76, 76' as shown in Figure 14.
  • the pinion 126 meshes with teeth on the lefthand (as seen in Figure 14) edge of the slide 102 and with the teeth on the righthand (as seen in Figure 14) edge 124' of the slide 102'.
  • the shuttle 66 at the end of the track 24 nearest the side 67 of the plate 64 is transferred laterally towards the end 71 of the base plate 64, and is delivered to the track 24', by movement of a transfer plate 128.
  • a transfer plate 128 When the plate 128 is moved from the retracted position in which it is shown in Figure 15, to the advanced position in which it is shown in Figure 14, two upstanding posts 130 on the plate 128 transfer the shuttle 66 which is at the end of the track 24, nearest the side 67, to the track 24'.
  • a plate 132 ( Figure 13) is provided on the free end of each post 130 to confine the shuttle 66, to support the connector 10 in the shuttle 66 during its transfer, and to position the shuttle on the track 24' so that the notch 112 of this shuttle receives the dog 104.
  • a similar transfer plate 128' provided adjacent to the side 65 of the base plate 64 and has upstanding posts 130'.
  • the slide 128' When the slide 128' is moved from the position of Figure 14 towards that of Figure 15, it delivers a shuttle 66 at the end of the track 24' nearest the side 65, to the location 101 where the wired connector 10 contained in such shuttle is removed therefrom and the unwired connector 10 is placed in the shuttle.
  • the transfer plate 128' is driven in reciprocating motion by means of the unit 146, a portion 144' of the piston rod of which extends from its cylinder towards the side 65 of the base plate 64 and is screwed into a cross-head 142' containing a rack bar, teeth 140' of which mesh with a pinion 138'.
  • the pinion 138' meshes with teeth 136' on an edge of the plate 128'.
  • each insertion punch 44 is formed integrally with a mounting block 148 secured to a tool holder 150 arranged to be driven by a ram (not shown) which may be actuated, for example by a bench press (not shown), within the cover 62 shown in Figure 9.
  • the wire lengthening bars 54 are vertically adjustable relative to one another, as will be apparent from the relative positions of the upper ends of these bars in Figure 9, so that varying lengths of wire can be provided for the individual terminals in the connectors to be wired.
  • the rollers 56 facilitate the withdrawal of wire from the spools 26 and reduce the possibility of damage to the wires as they are withdrawn.
  • the individual insulation severing blades 50 are provided with mounting blocks 152 which are adjustably clamped by means of fasteners 154 in spaced grooves 156 in the tooling block 46.
  • the distances between the blades 50 the wire severing blade 48, shown in Figure 10, correspond to the different lengths of insulation to be stripped from the ends of the wires 14.
  • a roll 51 is provided at the right hand (as seen in Figure 10) end of the block 46. As will be apparent from Figures 7 and 8, as the wires 14 are depressed by the bars 54, the roll 51 reduces the frictional forces to which the insulation of the wires 14 is subjected.
  • the wire feed shuttle assembly 30 may be reciprocated towards and away from the insertion zone by means, for example, of a piston-and-cylinder unit (not shown).
  • the shuttle assembly 30 is guided along its path of reciprocating movement by guide means (not shown) which provide for upward movement (indicated by a broken line 158 in Figures 4 and 6) of the assembly 30 as it moves from the position of Figure 3 to that of Figure 4 and from the position of Figure 5 to that of Figure 6, to ensure that the assembly 30 clears the blades 48 and 50 during its traverse.
  • the wire guide 36 is depressed by the block 52 as it moves to the position of Figure 8, so to position the wires 14 on the blades 48 and 50.
  • the shuttle assembly guide means may be provided with camming means for so depressing the guide 36.
  • each connector 10 are closely spaced from one another, with, for example, a centre-to-centre spacing of about 2.54 mm.
  • the insertion punches 44 are spaced from one another by a much greater distance, each punch 44 having a bulky mounting block 148.
  • the punches could not in practice be mounted on the same centre-to-centre spacing as the terminal without suffering damage in operation. Since the bars 54 must, as shown in Figure 10, be thick enough to accommodate the rollers 56 it would be impractical for the rollers 56 to have such small thickness as 2.54 mm. Also, the width of the blades 50 and their mounting blocks 152 must greatly exceed 2.54 mm, if these blades are to be sufficiently durable.
  • the wire insertion stations could for example be only two, or more than three in number. In any case adjacent ones of the terminals that are wired at each station are separated from one another by at least one other terminal.

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1. Verfahren zur Herstellung verdrahteter elektrischer Verbinder (10), von denen jeder ein isolierendes Gehäuse (12) mit einer Vielzahl von nebeneinanderliegenden Hohlräumen darin aufweist, in denen jeweils ein elektrischer Anschluß (11) aufgenommen ist, der einen Drahtaufnahmeabschnitt (11') aufweist, welcher zur Aufnahme eines Drahtes (14) zur Herstellung eines elektrischen Kontaktes mit diesem ausgebildet ist, wenn der Draht (14) seitlich zu seiner Längsachse in den Drahtaufnahmeabschnitt (11') hineinbewegt wird, wobei jeder Draht (14) mit einer der Drahtaufnahmeabschnitte (11') der Anschlüsse (11) eines Verbinders (10) an einer Drahteinsetzstation (18, 20 oder 22) ausgerichtet und hier seitlich zur Längsachse des Drahtes (14) in einen derartigen Drahtaufnahmeabschnitt (11') hineinbewegt wird, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jeder Verbinder (10) durch eine Vielzahl von Drahteinsetzstationen (18, 20 und 22) vorgeschoben wird, daß an jeder dieser Stationen jeder einer Vielzahl von Drähten (14) in den Drahtaufnahmeabschnitt (11') eines jeweiligen Anschlusses des Verbinders (10) eingesetzt wird, und daß benachbarte dieser jeweiligen Anschlüsse (11) voneinander um wenigstens einen anderen Anschluß (11) des Verbinders (10) getrennt sind.
2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Zahl der Drahteinsetzstationen (18, 20 und 22) wenigstens drei beträgt und die Drahteinsetzstationen in einer Reihe in einer gemeinsamen Drahteinsetzzone (16) angeordnet sind, daß bei dem Verfahren die Verbinder (10) schrittweise durch die Stationen (18, 20 und 22) ausgehend von einer ersten Station (18) an ein Ende der Reihe zu einer zweiten Station (22) am anderen Ende der Reihe vorgeschoben werden, daß das Verfahren ferner die folgenden Schritte umfaßt:
(a) das für jede Verbinder-Anbringungsstation (18, 20 und 22) eine Gruppe von Drähten in der Zahl M/X vorgesehen wird, wobei M die Zahl der Anschlüsse in jedem Verbinder (10) ist und X die Zahl der Verbinder-Anbringungsstationen (18, 20 und 22);
(b) das jeder Draht jeder Gruppe von Drähten (14) mit dem Drahtaufnahmeabschnitt (11') eines jeweiligen Anschlusses (11) eines der Verbinder (10) aufgerichtet wird, wobei benachbarte dieser jeweiligen Anschlüsse (11) zueinander im Abstand von X-1 zwischenliegende Anschlüsse angeordnet sind;
(c) daß jeder Draht (14) jeder Gruppe in den Drahtaufnahmeabschnitt (1 1'), mit dem er ausgerichtet ist, hineinbewegt wird;
(d) daß ein vollverdrahteter Verbinder (10) aus der zweiten Station (22) herausgenommen wird, daß die Verbinder (10) entlang der Reihe von Verbinder-Anbringungsstationen (18, 20 und 22) vorgeschoben werden, um einen Verbinder (10) in jeder Station mit Ausnahme der ersten Station (18) zu positionieren, und schließlich ein unverdrahteter Verbinder in die erste Station (18) eingesetzt wird; und
(e) daß die Schritte (a) bis (d) fortwährend wiederholt werden.
3. Vorrichtung zur Erzeugung von verdrahteten elektrischen Verbindern (10), wobei diese Verbinder (10) jeweils ein isolierendes Gehäuse (12) aufweisen, welches eine Reihe von elektrischen Anschlüssen (11) enthält, die jeweils einen Drahtaufnahmeabschnitt (11') aufweisen, in den ein Draht (14) seitlich zu seiner Längsachse eingesetzt werden kann, um mit dem Anschluß (11) eine elektrische Verbindung herzustellen, wobei ferner das Gerät eine erste Drahteinsetzstation (18) in einer Drahteinsetzzone (16) aufweist, Einrichtungen (30) zur Zufuhr der Drähte (14) entlang eines ersten Pfades zur Anordnung der Drähte in einer gemeinsamen Ebene in der Drahteinsetzzone (16), wobei die Drahteinsetzstation (18) erste Verbinderpositioniereinrichtungen (66) aufweist, um einen ersten Verbinder (10) an einer Seite der gemeinsamen Ebene wegnehmbar zu positionieren, so daß die Reihe von Anschlüssen (11) des ersten Verbinders sich quer zum ersten Pfad erstreckt, sowie erste Einsetzeinrichtungen (44) in der Drahteinsetzzone (16) und an der anderen Seite der gemeinsamen Ebene, um Drähte in die Drahtaufnahmeabschnitte (11') der Anschlüsse (11) des ersten Verbinders (10) einzusetzen, und wobei die Einsetzeinrichtung (44) entlang eines zweiten Pfades zu dem Verbinder hin und von diesem weg bewegbar ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine zweite Drahteinsetzstation (22) zweite Verbinderpositioniereinrichtungen (66) aufweist, um einen zweiten Verbinder (10) an der einen Seite der gemeinsamen Ebene in nebeneinanderliegender Beziehung mit dem ersten Verbinder (10) entfernbar zu positionieren, wobei die Reihe von Anschlüssen (11) des zweiten Verbinders (10) in Längsrichtung mit der Reihe der Anschlüsse (10) des ersten Verbinders (10) ausgerichtet ist, daß zweite Einsetzeinrichtungen (44) in der Einsetzzone (16) und auf der anderen Seite der gemeinsamen Ebene, vorgesehen sind, daß die zweiten Einsetzeinrichtungen (44) entlang eines dritten Pfades zu einem Verbinder (10) in der zweiten Verbinderpositioniereinrichtung (66) hin und von diesem weg bewegbar sind, und daß die erste Einsetzeinrichtung (44) zum Einsetzen von Drähten (14) in die Drahtaufnahmeabschnitte (11') einer ersten Gruppe von Anschlüssen (11) eines ersten Verbinders (10) in der ersten Positioniereinrichtung (66) ausgebildet ist und die zweite Einsetzeinrichtung (44) zum Einsetzen von Drähten (14) in die Drahtaufnahmeabschnitte (11') einer zweiten Gruppe von Anschlüssen (11) eines zweiten Verbinders (10) in der zweiten Positioniereinrichtung (66) ausgebildet ist, wobei benachbarte Anschlüsse in der ersten Gruppe voneinander um wenigstens einen Anschluß (11) des ersten Verbinders, der hier positioniert ist, entsprechend einem jeweiligen Anschluß der zweiten Gruppe getrennt sind, und benachbarte Anschlüsse (11) der zweiten Gruppe voneinander um wenigstens einen Anschluß (11) des zweiten Verbinders, der hier positioniert ist, entsprechend einem jeweiligen Anschluß der ersten Gruppe getrennt sind.
4. Gerät nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine dritte Drahteinsetzstation (20) mit einer dritten Verbinderpositioniereinrichtung (66) versehen ist, um einen dritten Verbinder (10) an einer Seite der gemeinsamen Ebene in nebeneinanderliegender Beziehung zu dem ersten und zweiten Verbinder (10) entfernbar zu positionieren, wobei die Reihe von Anschlüssen (11) des dritten Verbinders (10) in Längsrichtung mit den Reihen der Anschlüsse des ersten und zweiten Verbinders (10) ausgerichtet ist, daß in der Einsetzzone (16) und an der anderen Seite der gemeinsamen Ebene eine dritte Einsetzeinrichtung vorgesehen ist, daß die dritte Einsetzeinrichtung (44) entlang eines vierten Pfades zu einem Verbinder (10) in der dritten Verbinderpositioniereinrichtung (66) hin und von diesem weg bewegbar ist, und derart angeordnet ist, daß Drähte in die Drahtaufnahmeabschnitte (11') einer dritten Gruppe von Anschlüssen (11) in dem Verbinder (10) in der dritten Positioniereinrichtung (66) eingesetzt werden, wobei jeder Verbinder drei Gruppen von Anschlüssen aufweist und die Anschlüsse jeder Gruppe um zwei zwischenliegende Anschlüsse beabstandet sind und ihre Anzahl M/3 beträgt, wobei M die Zahl der Anschlüsse (11) in jeder Reihe ist.
5. Gerät nach Anspruch 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein Mechanismus (114, 116) vorgesehen ist, um jede Verbinderpositioniereinrichtung (66) von einer Drahteinsetzstation (18 oder 20) zur nächsten (20 oder 22) zu überführen.
6. Gerät nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jede Verbinderpositioniereinrichtung als Schiffchen (66) ausgebildet ist, daß die Schiffchen derart angeordnet und ausgebildet sind, daß sie in nebeneinanderliegender Beziehung entlang eines ersten (24) und eines zweiten (24') nebeneinander im Abstand angeordneten Pfades angetrieben sind, daß der zweite Pfad (24') sich durch die Drahteinsetzstationen (18, 20 und 22) hindurcherstreckt, und daß Einrichtungen (128 und 128') vorgesehen sind, um die Schiffchen (66) von der ersten Bahn (2.4) auf die zweite Bahn (24') zu überführen.
7. Gerät nach Anspruch 5 oder 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß Einrichtungen zur sequentiellen Betätigung der Drahtzufuhreinrichtungen (30), der Drahteinsetzeinrichtungen (44) und des Überführungsmechanismus (114, 116) vorgesehen sind, um zu bewirken, daß die Verbinder (10) schrittweise durch die Drahteinsetzstationen (18, 20 und 22) geschoben werden und die Gruppen von Anschlüssen in den Verbindern (10) in der Verbinderpositioniereinrichtung (66) gleichzeitig verdrahtet werden.
8. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 3 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Drahtzuführeinrichtungen eine einzige Schiffchenanordnung (30) umfassen, welche derart ausgebildet ist, daß eine Vielzahl von Gruppen von Drähten (14) gleichzeitig zugeführt wird, so daß die Drähte (14) jeder Gruppe jeweils in Ausrichtung mit einem der Drahtaufnahmeabschnitte (11') der Anschlüsse (11) eines der Verbinder (10) in der Verbinderpositioniereinrichtung (66) an den Drahteinsetzstationen (18, 20 und 22) angeordnet sind.
9. Gerät nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß Draht-Ablängstangen (54) in Drahtzuführrichtung stromaufwärts der Drahteinsetzeinrichtung (44) vorgesehen sind, daß jede dieser Stangen (54) bewegbar ist, um eine Rolle (56) auf dem freien Ende der Stange (54) in Eingriff mit einem der Drähte (14) zu bringen, und zwar unmittelbar nach seinem Einsetzen in den entsprechenden Drahtaufnahmeabschnitt (11'), um ein Stück des Drahtes von einer Drahtvorratsquelle (26) abzuziehen.
10. Gerät nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß Drahtabtrenneinrichtungen (48) und Drahtisolations-Abzieheinrichtungen (50) stromaufwärts der Drahtablängstangen (54) vorgesehen sind, die derart angeordnet sind, daß sie weiter in die gleiche Richtung bewegt werden, nachdem die Drahtstücke von den Drahtvorratsquellen (26) abgezogen wurden, so daß die Drähte (14) von den Isolationsabzieheinrichtungen (50) weggezogen werden und die nacheilenden Enden der Drähte (14) abisoliert werden, und daß die Drähte (14) im Eingriff mit einer Drahtreibungs Verminderungsrolle (51) stehen, die zwischen den Drahtablängstangen (54) und der Isolationsabzieheinrichtung (50) eingefügt ist.
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