Patent ID: 8931149
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: H01B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A wire coloring apparatus for coloring a wire, comprising: a guide roller disposed at a first end of the wire coloring apparatus; a pair of forwarding rollers disposed at a second end of the wire coloring apparatus opposite the first end; a straightening unit; a coloring unit comprising three coloring nozzles, wherein a circle concentric with the wire can be defined in a space surrounding the wire and the three coloring nozzles are located on an arc, of the concentric circle, which is above the wire in the vertical direction, whereby an axis of each of the nozzles is aligned with a highest point of an outer surface of the wire in a vertical direction and the nozzles apply a colorant on the highest point of the outer surface of the wire; and a guide unit consisting of a grooved roller for receiving an outer surface of the wire moving along the wire coloring apparatus from the first end to the second end and along the grooved roller in a direction corresponding to a longitudinal axis of the wire, the grooved roller being disposed at a downstream side of the coloring unit and between the coloring unit and the pair of forwarding rollers, wherein the grooved roller comprises: