Patent ID: 7637005

Claim:
A cable-processing apparatus for positioning cable-ends at an at least one cable-end processing station of the cable-processing apparatus, the cable-ends being a leading cable-end and a trailing cable-end at opposite extents of a cable-length to be processed, comprising: a swiveling device having a swiveling arm, said swiveling arm positioned adjacent a cutting and stripping station during a cutting and stripping of the cable-ends and the at least one cable-end processing station of the cable-processing apparatus; and a gripper mounted at one end of said swiveling arm for holding in sequence each of the leading cable-end and the trailing cable-end of the cable-length to be processed, said swiveling arm moving said gripper from said cutting and stripping station to said at least one cable-end processing station and then away from said at least one cable-end processing station, said gripper and said swiveling arm holding and moving respectively the leading and trailing cable-ends of the cable-length from said cutting and stripping station and in position for processing by said at least one cable-end processing station; and a cable transportation belt for holding the leading cable-end while said swiveling device is moving the trailing cable-end, said swiveling device mounted to the cable-processing apparatus either above or below the cable transportation belt.