Patent Document:

a typical cycle of the wiring machine is to position the wiring gun indicator at a particular backplane wiring terminal pin after which operation the &# 34 ; start &# 34 ; light and the &# 34 ; light &# 34 ; light are lit . the operator has then to take a pre - cut pair of wires , insert one pre - stripped end of the light colored wire , say for example blue of a blue black pair , into the gun tip gt and spin it onto the indicated terminal . upon completion of this operation , an advance switch is activated to advance the numerical controlled machine to the next step . the machine then advances and positions the wiring gun indicator at the next terminal to be wired and activates the &# 34 ; start &# 34 ; and &# 34 ; dark &# 34 ; indicator lights . the operator is now to take the second wire of the pair the darker or black wire of a blue - black pair at the same end and insert the pre - stripped end into the gun tip and spin it onto the indicated terminal . upon completion , the advance switch is actuated and the numerical control machine advances the gun indicator to the next wiring pin position , and activates the &# 34 ; end &# 34 ; and &# 34 ; light &# 34 ; indicator lights . the operator is now to proceed to dress the wires and take the free end of the light wire , the blue wire in this example , and wire it onto the indicated terminal and again activate the advance switch . the machine again advances this indicator to the wiring position for the remaining wire and activates the &# 34 ; end &# 34 ; and &# 34 ; dark &# 34 ; indicator lights . the operator has now to insert the stripped end of the remaining dark wire into the tip gt of the gun wg and spin it onto the indicated terminal after which operation upon activation of the advance switch the machine will advance to the wiring position for the next pair of wires and the cycle will be repeated . as can be seen from the drawing there is a negative or electronic &# 34 ; low &# 34 ; potential available from the indicator lights when they are turned on . the isolated wire wrap gun wg has a single conductor stranded wire attached to it . this wire is run alongside the air line powering the gun . the other end of the wire is attached to a pullup resistor , thereby biasing the gun to an electronic &# 34 ; high &# 34 ; potential . by the term &# 34 ; high &# 34 ; it is meant a positive three to five volts d . c ., which is current limited via a pullup resistor . this gun sense point ( gsp ) potential is used and logically combined with the two other signals that are present for each wiring position . these other signals being obtained from the wiring machine signals that operate the indicator panel lights . normally these signals are at a logic high or &# 34 ; 1 &# 34 ; until the time that the lights are lit , at which time the signal lead goes to a logic low or &# 34 ; 0 &# 34 ; potential . for each of the four operations of a wired pair wiring cycle there are present the following signals in addition to that of the gun sense point . ______________________________________start and lightstart and darkend and lightend and dark not used since this error is not possible if the previous three conditions are correct . ______________________________________ thus , by logically combining these signals for the first wire placement position there are present at the &# 34 ; or &# 34 ; gate sl input the following signals : start at &# 34 ; 0 &# 34 ;, light at &# 34 ; 0 &# 34 ; and the gun sense point should not be grounded and therefore have a &# 34 ; 1 &# 34 ; input to result in a &# 34 ; 1 &# 34 ; output to keep the gate and output at a logic &# 34 ; 1 &# 34 ; or + 5 volts and the alarm silent . gates sd and le both have logic 1 outputs at this time . should the wiring operator place the wire on a grounded pin at this time the inputs at gate sl would then be three lows and the output would be a low to cause the gate and to output a low and thus activate the audible alarm . similarly for the second step of the wiring , the start and dark signals are at a logic low , however both signals are inverted at inverters is and id at the input of the nand gate sd thus having inputs of logic 1 + 1 + 0 resulting in a logic &# 34 ; 1 &# 34 ; output to keep the gate and with a + 5 volt output . the operations for the other ends of the wire pair at steps end and light and end and dark result in the same outputs . although the preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated , and that form described in detail , it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention or from the scope of the appended claims .

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