Patent ID: 6685786
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A wire connecting method for connecting wires, the wires comprising a first wire drawn from a first wire supply and a second wire drawn from a second wire supply while being guided to a wire processing apparatus, each said wire having a longitudinal axis and the second wire having an end, said method comprising the steps of:providing a roll of tape, the tape having a longitudinal axis; cutting the first wire on a base plate to define a cut end of the first wire; placing the end of the second substantially adjacent the cut end of the first wire on the base plate, such that the longitudinal axes of the ends of the wires are substantially aligned; placing a section of the tape in proximity to the wire ends with an adhesive surface of the tape facing towards the wires and with the longitudinal axis of the tape being parallel to the longitudinal axes of the ends of the wires; placing a movable plate on the wire ends; moving the movable plate transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tape to roll the wires onto the tape and between the movable plate and the base plate to at least partly wind the tape over and around the wire ends to connect the wires; and rolling the wire ends in an opposite direction to return to a path along which the wire is drawn and guided.