Method and apparatus for terminating cable
Abstract
Abstract FLAT ELECTRICAL CABLE, HAVING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL SIDEBY-SIDE CONDUCTORS, IS TERMINATED BY APPARATUS HAVING CRIMPING DIE AND CRIMPING ANVIL WHICH ARE MOVABLE RELATIVELY TOWARDS EACH OTHER TO CRIMP A TERMINAL ONTO A CONDUCTOR OF THE CABLE. APPARATUS HAS MEANS FOR FEEDING TERMINALS TO THE CRIMPING DIE AND ANVIL AND ALSO MEANS FOR FEEDING THE CABLE ALONG A PATH EXTENDING BETWEEN THE DIE AND ANVIL THEREBY TO POSITION A CONDUCTOR IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE DIE AND ANVIL AND WITH A PREVIOUSLY FED TERMINAL. CABLE FEEDING MEANS IS ARRANGED SUCH THAT THE END CONDUCTOR OF THE CABLE IS PRECISELY LOCATED WITH RESPECT TO THE DIE AND ANVIL. DURING OPERATION OF THE APPARATUS, CABLE IS FED BY A DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE CENTERTO-CENTER SPACING OF THE CABLE THEREBY TO SUCCESSIVELY POSITION THE CONDUCTORS OF THE CABLE IN THE CRIMPING ZONE. A METHOD OF ALIGNING THE CABLE IN THE APPARATUS IS ALSO DISCLOSED WHICH COMPENSATES FOR DIMENSIONAL IRREGULARITIES IN THE CABLE.
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- 👤 Harold Edwin Cootes
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