Manufacture of electrical contacts

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A RECIPROCATABLE WELDER ELECTRODE HAVING A PASSAGEWAY LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF FOR FEEDING A WIRE THERETHROUGH, A WIRE CUTTER AT THE WIRE EXIT END OF THE PASSAGEWAY, A COOPERATING FIXED ELECTRODE ACROSS WHICH A METAL STRIP IS INTERMITTENTLY FED, A WELDING TRANSFORMER CONNECTED TO THE ELECTRODES AND SWITCH MEANS TO CONTROL THE TRANSFORMER, A FIRST CLAMP, A SECOND LONGITUDINALLY RECIPROCATABLE CLAMP OPERATING IN TIME OVERLAPPING ALTERNATION WITH SAID FIRST CLAMP TO CLAMP SAID STRIP, AND A PRESS HAVING MEANS TO CUT AND FORM A CONTACT ELEMENT FROM SAID STRIP, SAID PRESS ALSO HAVING MEANS TO CONTROL THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE FIRST CLAMP, THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE SECOND CLAMP, THE RECIPROCATION OF THE SECOND CLAMP TO FEED THE STRIP THROUGH THE WELDER; AND DRIVE MEANS TO CONTROL THE OPERATION OF THE SWITCH MEANS THE RECIPROCATION OF THE MOVABLE WELDER ELECTRODE, AND THE OPERATION OF THE WIRE CUTTER AS WELL AS THE OPERATION OF THE PRESS.