Amp LLC

The Whitaker Corporation

Dale Eugene Stough, Jr

Richard L Schaeffer, Jr

Mark Elton Unger, Iii

Steven T Merkt

A machine (40) is disclosed for inserting discrete wires (100) of a cable (98) into insulation displacement contacts (20, 22) of a connector (10) having two mutually offset rows (16, 18) of contacts on the same side of the connector. The machine (40) includes first and second side by side insertion blades (238, 240) and a connector holder (48) that positions the connector to be terminated with respect to the two insertion blades. The first insertion blade (238) inserts wires into insulation displacement contacts (20) of the first row (16) of contacts and the second insertion blade (240) inserts wires in the contacts (22) of the second row (18) of contacts. A movable carriage (46) incrementally moves the connector holder (48) so that each of the contacts in the two rows are alternately positioned in alignment with their respective insertion blades for insertion of the wires. A wire guide member (204) is provided that temporarily deflects an already inserted wire (360) of the second row (18) to one side while inserting a wire (362) in the next adjacent contact (20') of the first row (16).

Machine for terminating offset connector

Feeding apparatus for feeding articles, such as electrical devices, from a tube magazine comprises a frame for supporting the tube with a first end of the tube adjacent to a delivery station. The articles are fed by a flexible feeding member which has a first feeding member and located, at the beginning of an operating cycle, adjacent to the second end of the tube. The feeding member extends away from the second end and then in the reverse direction back towards the first end of the tube. The feeding member is moved through the tube by an actuator which comprises a resilient flexible tape or band. The actuator has a coiled portion adjacent to the second tube end and an end portion which extends from the coiled portion towards the first tube end. The end portion is secured to the trailing end of the feeding member. When the end portion of the actuator is retracted towards the coiled portion, the feeder is moved along its length and its leading end moved through the tube magazine thereby to push the articles from the tube to the delivery station.

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Red Lion, PA, United States of America

Dale Eugene Stough, Jr