Terminal wire forming and assembly apparatus for electrical components

Claim 1

IN A FABRICATING MACHINE 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, APPARATUS FOR PERMANENTLY DEFORMING THE EXTENDING OPEN COPLANAR ENDS OF THE ELONGATE GENERALLY U-SHAPED TERMINAL WIRE SUBASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON SAID WEB CONVEYOR INTO CROSSED RELATIONSHIP COMPRISING RECIPROCABLE ANVIL MEANS POSITIONED TO BE DISPOSED, UPON DOWNWARD DISPLACEMENT THEREOF, INTERMEDIATE THE EXTENDING OPEN ENDS OF SAID WEB MOUNTED TERMINAL WIRE SUBASSEMBLY, MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID U-SHAPED TERMINAL WIRE SUBASSEMBLY REMOTE FROM THE EXTENDING OPEN END THEREOF FOR ELASTICALLY DISPLACING AT LEAST ONE OF SAID EXTENDING ENDS OF SAID TERMINAL WIRE SUBASSEMBLY FROM SAID COPLANAR RELATIONSHIP AND MEANS OPERABLE SUBSEQUENT TO THE ELASTIC DISPLACEMENT OF SAID ONE OF SAID EXTENDING ENDS FOR BENDING SAID EXTENDING WIRE ENDS AROUND SAID ANVIL MEANS TO EFFECT THE DESIRED PERMANENT DEFORMATION OF SAID EXTENDING OPEN ENDS OF SAID WEB MOUNTED TERMINAL WIRE SUBASSEMBLY INTO CROSSED RELATIONSHIP.