Wire Guide Alignment Structure With Adjustable Gap Elimination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wire handling apparatuses require complex and cumbersome wire orienting mechanisms to ensure the wire is straight before passing through, as there is a gap between the guide portions that the wire end must bridge over.
Innovation Solution
The first and second wire guide apparatuses are arranged moveably relative to each other, allowing them to be positioned in close proximity or even directly adjacent, eliminating the need for precise wire alignment and enabling a continuous guide portion, with optional divisible guide portions and a support device for improved wire guidance and processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If wire guide apparatuses are arranged at a certain spacing with a gap between guide portions, then wire can pass through the apparatus, but complex and cumbersome wire orienting mechanisms are required to ensure precise straight-line alignment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the two wire guide apparatuses by reducing the spacing between them until the guide portions are in immediate proximity, forming a continuous guide path. This eliminates the gap that caused alignment problems and removes the need for complex wire orienting mechanisms, directly resolving the technical contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the wire guide apparatuses moveable relative to each other, allowing dynamic adjustment of the spacing between guide portions. This dynamic configuration enables the system to transition from a spaced arrangement (requiring orientation mechanisms) to a merged arrangement (eliminating orientation requirements), thereby resolving the contradiction adaptively
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AI summary
A wire handling device for a manufacturing device includes an elongate first wire guiding device having a first guiding section for a wire to be guided along the first guide section, and an elongate second wire guiding device having a second guiding section for a wire to be guided along the second guide section. The wire handling device includes a support device, and the first wire guiding device and the second wire guiding device are placed on the support device. The support device is rotatably mounted about the rotational axis, and the first wire guiding device and the second wire guiding device are mounted so that they can be moved with respect to each other.