Securing apparatus

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR SECURING EYELETS TO A STEM HAVING A PLURALITY OF LEADS ARRANGED THEREON IN A PARTICULAR PATTERN, SAID EYELETS HAVING A CONFIGURATION OF A CONICAL SEGMENT CONNECTED TO A TUBULAR PORTION, EACH OF THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A MULTIPLE SWAGING DIE, SAID DIE PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING PASSAGEWAYS, SELECTED ONES OF SAID PASSAGEWAYS BEING PROVIDED WITH AN EYELET RECEIVING RECESS ADJACENT THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID DIE, SAID RECESS COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL PORTION TERMINATING IN AN UPPER CONICAL FLARING PORTION OF A SIZE AND SHAPE TO CONFORM WITH THAT OF SAID EYELET TO FIRMLY SEAT SAID EYELETS COMPLETELY WITHIN THE DIE, TOOL RECEIVING APERTURES FORMED IN SAID MULTIPLE SWAGING DIE TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID LONGITUDINAL PASSAGEWAYS CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID EYELET RECEIVING RECESSES AND SPACED FROM SAID UPPER SURFACE A DISTANCE EXCEEDING SAID EYELET CONICAL SEGMENT; A PLURALITY OF TOOL CARRYING SLIDES; A SWAGING TOOL CARRIED BY EACH OF SAID SLIDES; AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID TOOL CARRYING SLIDES FOR RECIPROCATING SAID SLIDES TO AND FROM SAID MULTIPLE SWAGING DIE WHEREBY SAID TOOLS ENTER SAID TOOL APERTURES TO PERFORM SAID SWAGING OPERATION ON THE TUBULAR PORTION OF SAID EYELETS, THE CYLINDRICAL AND CONICAL FLARING PORTION OF THE DIE ENABLING AN EYELET TO BE FASTENED TO THE LEAD WITHOUT MALFORMATION OF SAID CONICAL PORTION.