Patent ID: 6463849
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: H01R,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for bundling a plurality of wires placed on a receiving plate, said apparatus comprising a bundling pawl mechanism including: a plate,a pair of pawl members respectively supported at pivot points provided on said plate in spaced-apart relation and interconnected with driving units for opening and closing movement, said pawl members respectively extending beyond an edge portion of said plate, wherein a wire bundling region is formed between inner surfaces of said pawl members and said edge portion of said plate when at least one of said pawl members rotates toward the other of said pawl members in a closing direction, a wire catch prevention member configured to project into the wire bundling region from an angled inner corner formed between the inner surface of said at least one pawl member and said edge portion of said plate when said at least one pawl member rotates in the closing direction, so that the wires can be prevented from becoming caught in the angled inner corner, thereby preventing the wires from becoming damaged in the angled inner corner.