Patent ID: 6886438
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: H01R,H02G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for measuring a length of a cable being fed to processing stations for processing, wherein a cable-advancing device advances the cable and feeding devices feed cable-ends of the cable to the processing stations, comprising the steps of: a) operating the cable-advancing device to advance the cable under separating/stripping cutters which cut off the leading cable-end of the cable; b) advancing the cable by a length measured by the cable-advancing device, the leading cable-end being passed under a cable-end detector; and c) moving one of the cable and the cable-end detector until the leading cable-end leaves the cable-end detector, a difference between the length measured in said step b) and the movement in said step c) representing an actual length of the cable.