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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1978
Jean M Dupuis, Ottawa, CA;
Northern Telecom Limited, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
Apparatus for loading contact pins into a loading fixture, the pins in two or more rows, has a magazine for holding pins in a plurality of vertically stacked rows. Automatic insertion members push pins from the magazine into the loading fixture. The number of pins, and disposition of the pins, in a row can be predetermined by a template. The pins are swaged at a position intermediate the ends and thus do not stack level in the magazine. The magazine is provided with a stepped formation so as to offset the effect of the swage and provide for pins to be horizontal at the levels at which they are to be inserted into the loading fixture. Small rings of solder can be positioned on the pins prior to insertion in the board.