Amp LLC

John D Davis

Jess Britton Ferrill

Ronald G Sergeant

Ronald D Sizemore

William B Chandler

The disclosure relates to apparatus for installing a clamp portion of an electrical connector to a multiconductor communication cable. The apparatus is used in conjunction with apparatus for trimming, and connecting, wires to electrical terminals of the connector.

Metal clamp applicator

Apparatus is disclosed which includes a carriage having mounted thereon tooling for trimming wires and inserting trimmed wires into electrical contacts successively along an electrical connector mounted on an anvil. A stepping motor drive transports and repeatedly stops the carriage and the tooling successively in alignment with the multiple contacts preparatory to insertion of corresponding trimmed wires therein. The tooling is quickly replaceable and follows along a reference surface of the connector for positive alignment with the contacts.

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Lexington, NC, United States of America

John D Davis