Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Means to assemble electrical device
Patent
1990-08-16
1991-12-24
Larson, Lowell A.
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Means to assemble electrical device
295662, H01R 4304
Patent
active
050740334
ABSTRACT:
An applicator die for use with a crimping machine of the type in which a supply of terminals are fed in the form of a terminal strip comprising a carrier band and a plurality of terminals respectively secured at one end thereof to successive points along the band, individual leads are fed to the machine and the machine functions to crimplingly apply a terminal to an end of each lead and sever the terminal from the carrier band. The applicator die includes, a hanger structure extending downwardly along a side edge of the horizontal guide plates to a location below the guide plates, and a feed finger pivotally mounted on the lower end of the hanger structure underneath the guide plates and including a pointed end extending upwardly through a slot in the lower guide plate for engagement with drive holes in the terminal strip. The die also includes a gathering mechanism in the form of a the slide to gather up the leads and ensure that they are properly oriented relative to the feed path of the terminal strip and relative to the crimping and severing dies.
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Dassance Donald A.
Feldborg Richard E.
ACU-Crimp, Inc.
Larson Lowell A.
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