WOVEN FLAT CABLE AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE THEREFOR

PURPOSE:To eliminate a unraveling work for both ends of a woven flat cable in treating the ends by alternately providing an arbitrary length of woven section having wefts woven into wires and warps at arbitrary pitches, and an arbitrary length of non-woven section without weaving the wefts into the wires and warps, respectively in a lengthwise direction, and cutting the flat cable at the non-woven section for use. CONSTITUTION:A distribution guide device 12 for guiding wires 6 and warps 7 for preventing the entanglement and entwinement thereof is arranged on the downstream side of a warp feed device 11. Also, a weaving machine 13 for weaving wefts 8 into the wires 6 and warps 7 whenever necessary for making a woven flat cable 1, is provided on the downstream side of the distribution guide device 12. In this case, the woven flat cable 1 comprises an arbitrary length of woven section 2 having the wefts 8 woven into the wires 6 and warps 7 at arbitrary pitches, and an arbitrary length of non-woven section without weaving the wefts 8 into the wires 6 and warps 7, alternately in a lengthwise direction. When the flat cable 1 is cut at the non-woven section 3 for use, therefore, a job for unravelling the wefts 8 is not required in treating either end of the cable 1, thereby ensuring the quick treatment of the end.