Terminal wire forming and assembly apparatus for electrical components

Claim 1

IN FABRICATING MACHINES FOR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS SUCH AS CERAMIC DISC CAPACITORS AND SIMILAR RELATIVELY SMALL ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTALITIES INCORPORATING A PLURALITY OF EXTENDING TERMINAL WIRES AND OF THE CLASS WHEREIN AN ADVANCING WEB OF DISPENSABLE CONVEYOR MATERIAL SERVES AS A CARRIER FOR THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENT CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS AND PROGRESSIVELY FORMED SUBASSEMBLIES THEREOF DURING THE SEQUENTIAL STAGES OF THE FABRICATING PROCESS, CYCLICALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR INSERTING A TERMINAL WIRE SUBASSEMBLY IN A PRESLIT CONVEYOR WEB COMPRISING A STATIONARY DIE MEMBER AND A VERTICALLY RECIPROCABLE PRESSURE MEMBER HAVING THE WEB ENGAGING SURFACES THEREOF CONTOURED TO PERPENDICULARLY DISPLACE THE PORTIONS OF SAID WEB MATERIAL DISPOSED INTERMEDIATE THE SLITS THEREIN RELATIVE TO THE PLANE OF THE REMAINDER OF SAID WEB MATERIAL UPON COMPRESSIVE ENGAGEMENT OF SAID WEB MATERIAL THEREBETWEEN, SAID DISPLACED PORTION OF SAID WEB MATERIAL IN COOPERATION WITH THE REMAINDER OF SAID COMPRESSIVELY ENGAGED WEB MATERIAL DEFINING A TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED TERMINAL WIRE SUBASSEMBLY RECEIVING CHANNEL THEREIN, A WIRE FORMING DIE POSITIONED IN TRANSVERSE ALIGNMENT WITH SAID TERMINAL WIRE SUBASSEMBLY RECEIVING CHANNEL AND A