Lead making machine

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1987-03-11

1987-12-22

Briggs, William R.

Metal working

Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for...

Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation...

81 951, H01R 4304

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047138807

ABSTRACT:
A machine including apparatus for accurately measuring and inserting into the machine almost any desired predetermined length of insulated wire, a device for cutting the wire to that length and stripping the insulation from the ends of the wire, and apparatus for attaching a terminal to one or both of the stripped ends. The measuring apparatus includes a pair of belts each reeved about a pair of pulleys. From the measuring apparatus the wire passes through a flexible tube and through two linearly aligned grippers, separated by the cutting and stripping device. Once the wire is fed to the proper length, the two grippers grip the wire, and the wire is cut and stripped, creating a lead of the predetermined length. As the wire and lead are drawn back, the stripped ends may be inspected by an inspection device so as to ensure that they are properly cut and stripped before electrical terminals are applied. Each of the two grippers then rotates in the same direction, that is, both clockwise or both counterclockwise, to align the respective end of the wire and the lead with a respective terminal attaching machine. There an electrical terminal is attached to each end unless the inspection device has determined the particular stripped end to be not properly stripped. The gripping means then rotate back to align with each other again and the wire and lead are released.

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Komax Model 40 Brochure, undated, Komax Corporation, Northbrook, Ill.

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