Strip feed mechanism

Claim 1

A CRIMPING PRESS HAVING A STRIP FEEDING MEACHANISM FOR FEEDING TERMINALS IN LADDER STRIP FORM, SAID PRESS COMPRISING A FIXED CRIMPING DIE AND A MOVABLE CRIMPING DIE, SAID FIXED CRIMPING DIE HAVING A SUPPORTING SURFACE FOR SUPPORTING THE LEADING TERMINAL OF SAID STRIP, FIRST AND SECOND LEVERS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS ON PARALLEL SPACED-APART AXES, SAID AXES BEING DISPOSED ON EACH SIDE OF SAID FIXED CRIMPING DIE AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID MOVABLE DIE, THE ENDS OF SAID LEVERS WHICH ARE ADJACENT TO SAID TERMINAL SUPPORTING SURFACE HAVING STRIP ENGAGING MEANS THEREON ON EACH SIDE OF SAID SURFACE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LADDER STRIP, AND THE ENDS OF SAID LEVERS WHICH ARE REMOTE FROM SAID SURFACE BEING PIVOTALLY LINKED TOGETHER WHEREBY SAID LEVERS ARE OSCILLABLE IN UNISON ABOUT THEIR PIVOTAL AXIS, MOVABLE DIE ACTUATING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MOVABLE DIE RELATIVELY TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM SAID FIXED DIE, AND FEED ACTUATING MEANS ACTING BETWEEN SAID MOVABLE DIE ACTUATING MEANS AND SAID LEVERS FOR SWINGING SAID LEVERS IN A FIRST DIRECTION TO RETRACT SAID STRIP ENGAGING MEANS RELATIVE TO SAID STRIP DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID MOVABLE DIE TOWARDS SAID FIXED DIE, AND FOR SWINGING SAID LEVERS IN A SECOND DIRECTION TO ADVANCE SAID STRIP AFTER SAID LEADING TERMINAL HAS BEEN CRIMPED ONTO A WIRE, SAID STRIP ENGAGING MEANS ON SAID FIRST AND SECOND LEVERS FUNCTIONING TO PUSH AND PULL SAID STRIP DURING FEEDING AND THEREBY MAINTAIN THE ALIGNMENT OF SAID STRIP RELATIVELY TO SAID FIXED DIE AND PREVENT BUCKLING OF SAID STRIP DURING FEEDING.