Apparatus for loading color-coded wires into a connector half
CA 1191336 A · Owner: Amp Incorporated · Inventors: Sergeant, Ronald G.
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Apparatus for identifying individual wires (20) of a group of randomly ordered wires (20) and terminating the identified wires (20) in selected terminals (24A ? 24B) of an electrical connector (24) in which the wires (20) are transported one-by-one from a wire feeding mechanism 12) by a wire transporting wheel (4) past a sensor (6) to a transfer mechanism (10) which moves the individual wires (20) axially into alignment with a wire terminating ram (34A or 34B) of a terminating mechanism (22). The wire terminating ram (34A or 34B) is arranged to index along a row of terminals (24A or 24B) extending axially of the wire transporting wheel (4) into alignment with respective terminals (24A and …
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- Granted August 6, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 6, 2002.
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