Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – With signal – scale – illuminator – or optical viewer
Patent
1990-07-23
1991-03-19
Echols, P. W.
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
With signal, scale, illuminator, or optical viewer
29753, 29759, b23P 2100
Patent
active
049999079
ABSTRACT:
Attachment of each of a pair of wires (12) in a cable (14) to each of a pair of opposed contacts (16) in a connector (20) is carried out by a connector attachment tool (10) which includes a cable clamp assembly (34) for clamping the cable in either a horizontal or vertical orientation. The clamp assembly holds the cable so that an operator can pull each of a pair of the wires along a separate one of a pair of wire guides (96,98) which each include retention springs (106,108,110) for grabbing the pulled wire. Each wire guide serves to align the wire pulled therealong with a separate one of a pair of opposed ram assemblies (86,88) located on opposite sides of a carriage (30) which carries the connector. Each ram assembly serves to force the wire aligned therewith into one of the opposed connector contacts aligned with the ram assembly. A mechanism (112) is provided for advancing the carriage once each of a pair of wires has been attached to each of a pair of opposed contacts so as to bring each of a successive pair of connector contacts into alignment with a separate one of the ram assemblies. Each of a pair of scales (116,118) lies on opposite sides of the carriage for indicating which of the connector contacts is opposite a separate one of the ram assemblies.
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AT&T Bell Laboratories
Echols P. W.
Levy R. B.
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