Patent ID: 7281320

Claim:
A waterproof-seal inserting apparatus for inserting an end portion of an electric wire into a tube-shaped waterproof seal, comprising: a seal-feeding station; and a seal-inserting station, wherein said waterproof seal is fed from said seal-feeding station to said seal-inserting station through a seal feeding tube using feeding air, said seal-inserting station includes a seal receiver for receiving said waterproof seal fed through said seal feeding tube, and a seal keeper for keeping said waterproof seal transferred from said seal receiver in an electric-wire insertion position, and said seal receiver includes a slider board which is supported slidably between a standby position and a transfer position and includes an acceptance hole in which said waterproof seal fed through said seal feeding tube is fit when said slider board is in said standby position, and a push pin which is movable forward and backward, is located so as to face said acceptance hole of said slider board when said slider board is in said transfer position, and moves forward to push out said waterproof seal fit in said acceptance hole from said acceptance hole and transfer said waterproof seal to said seal keeper.