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Abstract

An apparatus for manufacturing electrical harnesses, the apparatus comprising a wire feed path extending horizontally and axially of the apparatus, a connector attaching device located alongside the wire feed path. The attaching device includes a punch and a die to press the wires into the connectors, and a cutter located adjacent to the punch and die such that the cutter is operated independently of the punch and die. A wire measuring and feeding device is reciprocally movable along the wire feed path, with the wire measuring and feeding device including an intermittently movable chuck enabling the connected-attached wires to be pulled to a desired length. A connector selecting and supplying device enables the connectors having a desired number of poles to be selected from connectors and supplied onto the die. A wire selecting and supplying device includes a chuck for selecting the wires which correspond to the selected connectors and supplying the selected wires to the connector attaching device. The wire selecting and supplying device is adapted to hold the wires fed from reels, with the amount of movement and frequency of the reciprocal movements of the movable chuck being predetermined as desired. The operation of the cutter is effected only when the movable chuck is at rest, thereby ensuring that various types of harnesses are produced in which the number of poles of the connectors, the number and position thereof and the intervals thereof are determined as desired.

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