Patent ID: 7721421
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A wire setting device, comprising: a wire setting bed that includes a wire insertion groove in which an intermediate portion of a wire in a longitudinal direction thereof is set; a first optical detecting device that detects a setting of the wire in the wire insertion groove based on a reception signal relating to a first light beam passing across the wire insertion groove; a positioning member that positions the wire in the longitudinal direction thereof by bringing a distal end of the wire into abutting contact with a proper point on a wire abutment surface of the positioning member; a second optical detecting device that is separated from the first optical detecting device in the longitudinal direction of the wire, and that detects an abutting contact of the distal end of the wire with the proper point based on a reception signal relating to a second light beam which is irradiated in a direction intersecting the wire, and passes through the proper point; a wire clamp that is provided between the wire setting bed and the positioning member to clamp the wire; and a control device that determines that the wire is properly positioned in the wire insertion groove of the wire setting bed based on detection signals from both of the first and second optical detecting devices, and controls to perform a clamping operation of the wire clamp.