Electrical harness manufacturing method and apparatus

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A method and apparatus for automatically making harnesses such as those used for electrically interconnecting a plurality of spaced-apart separate, connection points. Insulated wire is fed through a press position where terminals are attached to the wire conductor. The insulation is displaced from a portion of the wire where a terminal is to be attached thereby, baring the conductor. A terminal is brought adjacent the bared conductor from a supply of terminals and crimped to the conductor. A wire feeding mechanism advances the wire so that the section having a terminal crimped thereto is removed from the press position and a new portion is brought into the press position for the attachment …