Patent ID: 6378283
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: H01B

Abstract:
An apparatus for manufacturing a multiple conductor cable from a plurality of elongate conductors, comprising:a rotatable aligning die including a plurality of apertures; an applicator adapted to apply a binder to at least two of said plurality of conductors; and one or more motors that cause: at least one of said plurality of elongate conductors to traverse along its elongate axis, and at least one of said plurality of elongate conductors to rotate substantially about its elongate axis; whereby at least one of said plurality of elongate conductors is caused to traverse at least one of said apertures of said rotatable aligning die, said plurality of elongate conductors are brought into a defined mutual mechanical alignment, and said plurality of elongate conductors are retained in said mutual mechanical alignment at least partially by the application of said binder, producing said multiple conductor cable.