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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1974
H T Meyer, Liverpool, NY (US);
General Staple Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, method and supply strip is disclosed for inserting terminals into an apertured workpiece. The apparatus includes feeding means for sequentially advancing the supply strip formed of integrally connected preformed terminals toward a first station of the apparatus; grasping means for grasping the leading one of said terminals at said first station and for maintaining a grasp on said terminal until the terminal is inserted in the workpiece; shearing means for severing the leading one of said terminals from the remainder of said supply strip; and driving means operable to drive the grasping means toward the workpiece for insertion of the terminal carried thereby.