An apparatus for trimming a wire and inserting the trimmed wire in a wire reception slot of an electrical contact. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

摘要

Improvements introduced in the object of the main patent no. 407,634, granted on december 26, 1974, by an apparatus for trimming a wire and inserting the trimmed wire into a wire reception slot of an electrical contact, according to which the apparatus comprises a wire insertion piston mounted on a frame and movable relative thereto, the frame of which provides a guide for the connector extending transversely to the movement path of the piston; releasable positioning means mounted on the frame to accurately locate the successive individual contact slots in alignment with the piston as a connector moves along the guide; and wire guides in the frame above and below the path of movement of the piston to locate a wire in the path of movement of the piston, the lower guide being movable in the direction of moving away from the guide after each wire insert and in the direction of joining the guide before the operation of the insertion piston, characterized in that the lower wire guide is connected by means of articulated bars to the driving means of the insertion piston for movement in the sense of moving away from the guide after insertion of wire and in the sense of joining the guide of the operation of the piston. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)