Patent ID: 6401331
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B23P,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A rubber plug fitting apparatus, comprising:a rubber plug feeding unit for feeding rubber plugs to a rubber plug feeding port; a rubber plug holder for holding one of the rubber plugs to fit the rubber plug on an end portion of a wire; and a rotary unit having a plurality of rubber plug holding rods, each of the rubber plug holding rods to be fitted into and to hold a rubber plug, the rotary unit moving each of the rubber plug holding rods between the rubber plug feeding unit and the rubber plug holder so that the rubber plugs held by the rubber plug holding rods can be delivered from the rubber plug feeding unit to the rubber plug holder, wherein a pair of rubber plug guides are provided at a side of the rubber plug feeding port of the rubber plug feeding unit, the pair of rubber plug guides being openable and closeable on each other; and wherein each of the pair of rubber plug guides has a guide groove for guiding an outer periphery of each of the rubber plugs from the rubber plug feeding port to a side of the rubber plug holding rod located at the rubber plug feeding port when the pair of rubber plug guides are closed.