The invention relates to a strip for covering elongated articles, comprising a carrier in the form of a strip, characterized in that at least one side of the carrier in the form of a strip is provided with a plastic material that thermally softens at a temperature of preferably 100? C. to 135? C. and that comprises a thermoplastic material.

A taping head for taping a wire harness includes a base plate with a first aperture for receiving a wire harness. A tape dispenser with a second aperture is configured to rotate a roll of tape around the center of the first and second apertures. The taping head further includes a clamping unit configured to clamp a free end of the tape.

A method for manufacturing a spiral tube which is made of a resin material and spirally covers a periphery of a wire harness along an extending direction of the wire harness, the method includes extrusion molding a tube material which is made of the resin material, heating and softening the tube material and forming the spiral tube, and spirally wounding the spiral tube around the wire harness and cutting the spiral tube.

An assembly head is used for wrapping a wire harness in an automated manner by means of a winding module. The module has a winding head which rotates about an axis of rotation and, according to a first aspect, has a total of three pressing elements with spring-mounted rollers, which, during the taping process, press a tape against the wire harness and guide the tape in a centering manner. According to a second aspect, a belt drive having a toothed belt is provided for driving the winding head. The toothed belt engages on the circumferential side only in one portion extending over a small angular range.

A clamp mark includes a mark main body and flange parts. The mark main body, is made of resin material by molding, and covers a circumference of an electric wire entirely in a circumference direction of the electric wire at a predetermined position of the electric wire in an axial direction of the electric wire. The flange parts are respectively provided on both end portions of the mark main body in the axial direction of the electric wire so as to project outward in a radial direction of the electric wire from an outer peripheral surface of the mark main body. A cross section of the mark main body, which is perpendicular to the axial direction, is not precise circle.

A method of manufacturing a wire harness outer member includes: (a) transporting the base material in an extension direction; (b) sequentially forming perforations in the transported base material along the extension direction by rotating perforating blades around an axis following a direction intersecting with the extension direction while pinching the base material between the perforating blades and an anvil provided opposite the perforating blades, more of the perforating blades being provided on the one side of the base material than on the other side; and (c) correcting a difference in tensile force between the one side and the other side of the base material by pressing a tensile force correction member against the other side of the base material.

A clamp mark includes a mark main body and flange parts. The mark main body, is made of resin material by molding, and covers a circumference of an electric wire entirely in a circumference direction of the electric wire at a predetermined position of the electric wire in an axial direction of the electric wire. The flange parts are respectively provided on both end portions of the mark main body in the axial direction of the electric wire so as to project outward in a radial direction of the electric wire from an outer peripheral surface of the mark main body. A cross section of the mark main body, which is perpendicular to the axial direction, is not precise circle.

A tape dispensing tool includes holder assembly and an applicator member. The holder assembly has a base portion and a retainer head that are spaced apart by a recess. A leader tape segment extends across the recess from a tape roll held by the base portion to the retainer head. The applicator member is moveably coupled to the holder assembly rearward of the leader tape segment. The applicator member includes a receiving surface and a pressing surface angled relative to one another. The cable bundle forces a proximal portion of the leader tape segment against the receiving surface as the cable bundle is received in the recess, which moves the applicator member. The movement of the applicator member causes the pressing surface to force a distal portion of the leader tape segment against the cable bundle to adhere the leader tape segment to the cable bundle.

The present invention aims to provide a wire harness in which: a tube-shaped space is formed by an exterior member, and a set of electrical wires are housed therein without being tied together; the set of electrical wires is prevented from protruding from an end edge of the exterior member on a winding start side even if the length of the exterior member by which the set of electrical wires is covered is large; and the wind overlapping portion of the exterior member on one end side is larger than that on the other end side so that a stably tied state of the electrical wires is satisfactorily ensured and the tying force on one end side is efficiently transmitted to the other end side. The wire harness includes: a set of electrical wires; and an exterior member that is wound around the set of electrical wires.

The operations from a formation of a branch shape to a shape determination by a tape winding are automatically performed. An apparatus for manufacturing wire harness includes an under-pulling tape winding portion of a fixed tape winding mechanism and a moving tape winding mechanism (preceding tape winding portion) configured to, among a plurality of connectors and electric wires prepared for manufacturing a wire harness, perform tape winding of the electric wires that are connected to the same connector; and the moving tape winding mechanism (following tape winding portion) configured to perform the tape winding with respect to portions connected to the different connectors and to which the tape winding by the preceding tape winding portion have already been performed so as to form a branch shape.