Claims
- 1. An applicator for applying a material to wires (W) of a wire group (WG), the applicator, comprising;
a pair of nozzles (22) which can be substantially opposed to each other at opposite sides of a holder (4) for holding the wires (W) of the wire group (WG) in a wire alignment direction (Z), the nozzles (22) being provided for discharging a material (S), a moving mechanism (27) for moving the pair of nozzles (22) in the wire alignment direction (Z), a feeding mechanism (26) for feeding the material (S) to the nozzles (22) such that a specified amount of the material (S) is discharged from the nozzles (22), and a relatively moving means (25) for moving the nozzles (22) toward and away from each other or relative to each other such that the spacing between the pair of nozzles (22) corresponds to the diameter of the wire(s) (W) held therebetween.
- 2. An applicator according to claim 1, wherein the holder (4) is formed such that the wires (W) are aligned substantially in order of diameters of wires (W) in the wire group (WG).
- 3. An applicator according to claim 1, wherein the pair of nozzles (22) are moved while tightly holding the wire(s) (W) arranged in the holder (4) therebetween.
- 4. An applicator according to claim 3, wherein the pair of nozzles (22) are controlled to stop discharging the material (S) at a predetermined time (t2; t4) corresponding to a clearance (WK) between the wires (W) of the wire group (WG) while being moved along the wire alignment direction (Z) by the moving mechanism (27).
- 5. An applicator according to claim 1, wherein the feeding mechanism (26) comprises:
a cartridge (63) including a tube (63a) containing the material (S) for supplying the material (S), an outlet (63b) provided at one end of the tube (63) for discharging the material (S), and a bottom lid (63c) which is movable inside the tube (63a) substantially along a longitudinal direction of the tube (63a) when pushed from the other end of the tube (63a) to discharge the material (S), a mount portion (61) to and from which one end of the cartridge (63) is attached and detached by moving the cartridge (63) substantially along its longitudinal direction, a pushing bar (65) having an end (65a) that can contact the bottom lid (63c) of the cartridge (63) attached to the mount portion (61), a movable member (68) which is attachable and detachable to and from an opposed end of the pushing bar (65) and is movable substantially along the longitudinal direction of the cartridge (63), and a permanent magnet (69) for creating a magnetic attraction sufficient to hold the other end (65b) of the pushing bar (65) on the movable member (68).
Priority Claims (1)
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JP 11-192133 |
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/610,127 filed Jul. 5, 2000.
Divisions (1)
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09610127 |
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10272864 |
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