Terminal pin installing machine

Claim 2

A terminal pin installing machine, said terminal pin installing machine comprising: a frame, a guide block located with respect to said frame, said guide block having guide means thereon; a ram movably mounted on said frame for reciprocable motion toward and away from said guide block, a driver means mounted on said ram for driving terminal pins; a template having locating means thereon for cooperating with said guide means on said guide block for positioning an imperforate insulative material substrate with respect to said guide block, said driver means being for driving a terminal pin so that the terminal pin extends out of both sides of the substrate.

Claim 3

The terminal pin installing machine of claim 1 wherein said ram has an opening in the face thereof so that a previously driven terminal pin can be accepted within said opening while an additional terminal pin is driven through said substrate adjacent the previously driven terminal pin.

Claim 4

The terminal pin installing machine of claim 2 wherein said opening comprises a slot in said ram, said driver being pivotally mounted in said slot, said slot being open to the bottom end of said ram.

Claim 5

The terminal pin installing machine of claim 3 wherein said driver has a body and has a driver web narrower than said body extending from said body, said terminAl pin being positioned in a terminal wire channel and said driver web being movable into said terminal pin channel to engage the top of said terminal pin.

Claim 6

A terminal pin installing machine, said terminal pin installing machine comprising: a frame, a ram reciprocably mounted with respect to said frame, a terminal pin driver mounted on said ram for driving terminal pins through an insulative terminal board; a cylinder mounted on said frame, said cylinder having a piston rod extending therefrom, screw threads on said piston rod; an upper jaw having a threaded opening thereon, said threaded opening therein being threadedly engaged with said screw threads on said piston rod, a clamp plug mounted on said upper jaw and engaging said threads on said piston rod to clamp said piston rod with respect to said upper jaw to prevent relative rotation thereof so that the adjustment of said upper jaw with respect to said piston rod is retained.

Claim 7

A terminal pin installing machine, said terminal pin installing machine comprising: a frame, a ram reciprocably mounted with respect to said frame, a terminal pin driver mounted on said ram for driving terminal pins through an insulative terminal board; a cylinder mounted on said frame, said cylinder having a piston rod extending therefrom, screw threads on said piston rod; an upper jaw having a threaded opening thereon, said threaded opening therein being threadedly engaged with said screw threads on said piston rod, a clamp plug mounted on said upper jaw and engaging said threads on said piston rod to clamp said piston rod with respect to said upper jaw to prevent relative rotation thereof so that the adjustment of said upper jaw with respect to said piston rod is retained.

Claim 8

The terminal pin installing machine of claim 5 wherein there is a transverse opening through said upper jaw intersecting with said threaded opening, said transverse opening containing said clamp plug.

Claim 9

The terminal pin installing machine of claim 6 wherein a set screw is engaged in said transverse opening and against said clamp plug to clamp said clamp plug against said piston rod threads.

Claim 10

The terminal pin installing machine of claim 7 wherein a keyway is formed in said clamp plug and a key is located in said upper jaw to prevent said clamp plug from turning in said transverse opening, said clamp plug having grooves across the clamping face thereof to engage said threads on said piston rod.