Wire harness handling and storage system

Details Wire harness handling and storage system Wire harness handling and storage system

1997-09-09

2000-03-28

Young, Lee

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Movable rack having superposed, charge-supporting elements,...

Wheeled rack

41433111, 29759, B65G 100

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060423234

ABSTRACT:
A wire harness handling and storage system particularly suitable for use in connection with automated harness making machines includes a harness unloading mechanism that unloads a completed wire harness from the harness-making machine and a storage cart that receives a plurality of completed wire harnesses in a plurality of storage racks maintained at different elevations on the storage cart. The handling and storage system is adaptable to handle both short wire harnesses about 6 inches in length) to longer wire harnesses (about 10 feet in length) without tangling or damage to connectors applied to the wires of the wire harnesses. For unloading and placing the longer wire harnesses, a gripping mechanism is provided that picks up the wire harnesses and places on the storage cart in a controlled movement. The unloading and gripping mechanisms are linked with a controller knows the length of the storage areas of the cart for proper, high-density loading thereof.

REFERENCES:
patent: Re24124 (1956-02-01), Pierce
patent: 3075656 (1963-01-01), Pearne
patent: 5606795 (1997-03-01), Ohba et al.
patent: 5745975 (1998-05-01), Heisner et al.

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