Apparatus for making electrical connections

Claim 1

APPARATUS OF THE TYPE INTENDED FOR APPLYING OPENSIDED TERMINAL CLIPS IN END-TO-END STRIP FORM TO TERMINAL POSTS THEREBY TO ELECTRICALLY CONNECT CONDUCTORS TO SAID POSTS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING, A MANDREL FOR SUPPORTING SAID CLIPS DURING MOVEMENT ONTO SAID POST, A RELATIVELY THIN GUIDE RIB IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID MANDREL, CLIP PUSHING MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH THE LEADING CLIP OF SAID STRIP FOR PUSHING A STRIP OF SAID CLIPS ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH EXTENDING OVER SAID GUIDE RIB AND OVER SAID MANDREL, AND DETENT MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH THE NEXT ADJACENT CLIP OF SAID STRIP, SAID DETENT MEANS COMPRISING LEVER MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED BESIDE SAID GUIDE RIB ON AN AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PREDETERMINED PATH, HOOK MEANS ON SAID LEVER MEANS, SAID HOOK MEANS BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID NEXT ADJACENT CLIP DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID STRIP, AND MEANS, RESPONSIVE TO SAID CLIP PUSHER MEANS FOR MOVING SAID HOOK MEANS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STRIP AFTER SAID LEADING CLIP HAS BEEN PUSHED BY SAID CLIP PUSHING MEANS BEYOND SAID HOOK MEANS WHEREBY, SAID LEADING CLIP IS BROKEN AWAY FROM SAID STRIP AND PUSHED OVER SAID MANDREL AND OR TO SAID TERMINAL POST.