US3341926A
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Terminal assembly apparatus
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1964-09-02
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Granted: 1967-09-19
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Expires: 1984-09-02
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Helmut E Durr
- 👤 Roger R Wahlberg
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 17:41
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R43/00; H01R43/20; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/51; Y10T29/5124; Y10T29/5136; Y10T29/5137; Y10T29/5142; Y10T29/5147; Y10T29/5148; Y10T29/53; Y10T29/5313; Y10T29/532; Y10T29/53209; Y10T29/53252
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
186 words
AN APPARATUS FOR FORMING TERMINALS WITH PARALLEL LEGS AND INSERTING THE LEGS INTO APERTURES ARRANGED IN ROWS AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF AN INSULATING MEMBER SUCH AS A TERMINAL HEAD COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF WIRE SUPPLY REELS, MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY FEEDING WIRES FROM THE SUPPLY REELS, MEANS FOR SEVERING A PREDETERMINED LENGTH FROM THE WIRES FED BY THE INTERMITTENT FEEDING MEANS, A PAIR OF MOVABLE DIE MEANS, EACH DIE MEANS RECEIVING A GROUP OF THE PREDETERMINED LENGTHS OF WIRE AND INCLUDING A ROW OF FORMING RCESSES, MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE DIE MEANS FOR FORMING THE SEVERED LENGTHS OF WIRES IN THE RECESS SUCH THAT TERMINALS ARE PROVIDED HAVING PARALLEL LEGS PROTRUDING ABOVE THE RECESSES, MEANS FOR RECEIVING A TERMINAL HEAD, MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING EACH DIE MEANS A DIFFERENT DISTANCE OF POSITIONS AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE TERMINAL HEAD SUCH THAT THE LEGS OF THE TERMINALS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH ROWS OF APERTURES IN THE TERMINAL HEAD, AND MEANS FOR CAUSING RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE TERMINAL HEAD RECEIVING MEANS AND BOTH DIE MEANS TO INSERT AND TERMINAL LEGS INTO THE APERTURES AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE TERMINAL HEAD.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
186 words
AN APPARATUS FOR FORMING TERMINALS WITH PARALLEL LEGS AND INSERTING THE LEGS INTO APERTURES ARRANGED IN ROWS AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF AN INSULATING MEMBER SUCH AS A TERMINAL HEAD COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF WIRE SUPPLY REELS, MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY FEEDING WIRES FROM THE SUPPLY REELS, MEANS FOR SEVERING A PREDETERMINED LENGTH FROM THE WIRES FED BY THE INTERMITTENT FEEDING MEANS, A PAIR OF MOVABLE DIE MEANS, EACH DIE MEANS RECEIVING A GROUP OF THE PREDETERMINED LENGTHS OF WIRE AND INCLUDING A ROW OF FORMING RCESSES, MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE DIE MEANS FOR FORMING THE SEVERED LENGTHS OF WIRES IN THE RECESS SUCH THAT TERMINALS ARE PROVIDED HAVING PARALLEL LEGS PROTRUDING ABOVE THE RECESSES, MEANS FOR RECEIVING A TERMINAL HEAD, MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING EACH DIE MEANS A DIFFERENT DISTANCE OF POSITIONS AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE TERMINAL HEAD SUCH THAT THE LEGS OF THE TERMINALS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH ROWS OF APERTURES IN THE TERMINAL HEAD, AND MEANS FOR CAUSING RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE TERMINAL HEAD RECEIVING MEANS AND BOTH DIE MEANS TO INSERT AND TERMINAL LEGS INTO THE APERTURES AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE TERMINAL HEAD.
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