H - Electricity – 01 – R
Patent
H - Electricity
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R
26/38, 270/95
H01R 43/04 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1151407
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention relates to an apparatus for attaching an electrical contact to the end of an electrical conductor, and more particularly to a semi-automatic device for crimping electrical contacts to electrical conductors. Prior art semi- automatic crimping devices have been designed to accommodate only a single shape and size of electrical contact. Due to the large number of different contacts in use, such devices are impractical and uneconomical. The apparatus of the present invention is embodied in a crimping machine for selectively feeding electrical contacts of any one of a variety of contact conformations seriatim from a supply of the contacts and crimp- ing each contact to the terminal end of an electrical cable or conductor. The machine includes receptacle means for holding the supply of contacts of selected conformation in an array of loose contacts. A crimping means, including a crimping station, is provided for crimping at least a portion of a contact onto the electrical conductor when the contact is at the crimping station. A feeding means selectively feeds a random oriented contact from the receptacle means along a path to the crimping means. A modular orienting and advancing means is located along the path between the receptacle means and the crimping means for receiving the randomly fed contacts, orienting the contacts and advancing the contacts one at a time toward the crimping means. Means are provided for selectively changing the modular orienting and advancing means for accommodating the variety of contact configurations.
334361
Allied Corporation
Fetherstonhaugh & Co.
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