Patent ID: 11942745
Assignee: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A crimping machine, comprising:
a storage arrangement for separated contact elements;
a device for transporting the separated contact elements to a crimp head; and
a centering device for positioning a conductor end section with respect to the crimp head;
wherein:
the storage arrangement has three or more feeding bowls, each of the three or more feeding bowls comprising a respective separation device;
the three or more feeding bowls convey, via the respective separation devices of the three or more feeding bowls, into a single, common conveyor, through which all elements are conveyed to the crimp head;
the respective separation devices of the three or more feeding bowls end in a single, common conveyor section of the single common conveyor so that the elements are guided from the respective separation devices of the three or more feeding bowls to the crimp head;
at least two of the three or more feeding bowls are designed with a common vibration drive and can be driven via a common control unit; and
the crimping machine is configured for crimping contact elements with the conductor end section, wherein the common vibration drive is a single vibration drive shared by and operable to vibrate each of the at least two feeding bowls designed with the common vibration drive.