Shut height adjustment mechanism for a terminal applicator

Details Shut height adjustment mechanism for a terminal applicator Shut height adjustment mechanism for a terminal applicator

1997-07-30

1999-08-17

Young, Lee W.

Metal working

Means to assemble or disassemble

Means to assemble electrical device

29751, 72441, 72446, H01R 4304

Patent

active

059375108

ABSTRACT:
A terminal applicator (10) is disclosed having a shut height adjustment mechanism (60) for controlling the shut height (160) of the terminal barrel crimping bar (26). The mechanism includes upper and lower adjusting members (66, 64) having opposed ramp surfaces (110, 80), the lower adjusting member being attached to the tooling ram (36) and the upper adjusting member being rotationally coupled to the ram. By incrementally rotating the upper adjusting member (66), the relative spacing between a press ram (148) and the tooling ram assembly (18) can be adjusted, thereby changing the shut height (160) of the barrel crimping bar (26). The upper adjusting member includes an inner cylindrical surface (120) having serrations (122) formed therein that are engaged by resilient projections (98) that extend from an outer cylindrical surface (90) of the lower adjusting member (64). These resilient projections (98) cam out of the serrations (122) during rotation of the upper adjusting member (66), but hold the upper adjusting member in position during operation of the applicator.

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