Patent ID: 6866718

Claim:
An applicator for applying a material to wires (W) of a wire group (WG), the applicator, comprising: a pair of nozzles ( 22 ) wherein said nozzles are substantially opposed to each other at opposite sides of a holder ( 4 ) for holding the wires (W) of the wire group (WG) in a wire alignment direction (Z), the nozzles ( 22 ) being provided for discharging a material (S), a moving mechanism ( 27 ) for moving the pair of nozzles ( 22 ) in the wire alignment direction (Z), a feeding mechanism ( 26 ) for feeding the material (S) to the nozzles ( 22 ) such that a specified amount of the material (S) is discharged from the nozzles ( 22 ), and a relative moving means ( 25 ) for moving the nozzles ( 22 ) toward and away from each other or relative to each other such that the spacing between the nozzles ( 22 ) corresponds to the diameter of the wire(s) (W) held therebetween.