Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Means to assemble electrical device
Patent
1981-05-22
1983-08-09
Nase, Jeffrey V.
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Means to assemble electrical device
29753, 29759, B23P 1900
Patent
active
043970842
ABSTRACT:
An escapement apparatus of this invention accepts a contiguously arrayed plurality of conductors and dispenses them into a carrier spaced apart on centers to facilitate their assembly to a ribbon connector. The escapement apparatus includes a guideway having a first portion which receives the conductor array and which is inclined at an angle to the horizontal. The array is received in the first portion of the guideway and a second, more steeply inclined portion and is biased toward an exit. The exit communicates with a passageway along which is moved a toothed carrier. The carrier includes a plurality of nests having a spacing which corresponds to that of the connector. As the carrier is moved at a velocity which is controlled relative to forces applied to the conductor array in the guideway, the nests are aligned seriatim with the exit to facilitate the movement of a conductor into each nest. The angle of incline of the second portion of the guideway is such that only one conductor is presented to the exit at any one time. Further, the geometry of each tooth and of the second portion of the guideway cooperate to prevent any jamming of a conductor between the carrier and the guideway.
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patent: 2828888 (1958-04-01), Nicolle
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Ebrey Roger G. A.
Sckerl Herbert A.
Nase Jeffrey V.
Somers E. W.
Western Electric Company Inc.
Williamson Dennis J.
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