Patent ID: 7698801
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A wire-processing device having processing stations for processing a wire, at least one gripper feeding the wire to the processing stations for the production of a wire-end connector and being usable for inspection of attachment of the wire-end connector to the wire produced by the processing stations, comprising: a pull-out device having at least one holding unit for receiving from the at least one gripper and firmly holding the wire-end connector and a gripping unit for receiving from the at least one gripper and firmly gripping the wire to which the wire-end connector is attached, said pull-out device moving one of said at least one holding unit and said gripping unit along a longitudinal axis of the wire while said holding unit is holding the wire-end connector, said gripping unit is gripping the wire and the at least one gripper engages said gripping unit after releasing the wire-end connector and the wire thereby exerting a pull-out force on the attachment of the wire-end connector to the wire along the longitudinal axis of the wire.