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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1978
Edward W Becker, Winder, GA (US);
Thomas A Bender, Marietta, GA (US);
Peter F Mahr, Roswell, GA (US);
Edwyn H Petree, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Western Electric Company, Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A hand-operated tool (50) for assembling stackable elements (52, 53 and 54) of a multicontact electrical connector (51) and for assembling conductors (56 and 57) to the connector includes a head (125) which is automatically positioned for effectively applying forces to the connector at each step of its assembly and to the conductors. An installer causes the head to be moved downwardly through a first incremental distance toward a support (109) into engagement with an element or conductors which are to be moved into secured engagement with an element held on the support. The movement of the head through the first incremental distance and the initiation of its movement through a second incremental distance causes the head to be spaced from the support a predetermined distance which is automatically determined as a function of the number of elements held on the support in that step of the assembly. When the head is moved through the second incremental distance, forces are applied which are sufficient to assemble the conductors and the elements. A return of the head to an unoperated position allows the installer to position another element or conductors for a next sequence of steps in the assembly of the connector.