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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1980
Keith Johnson, Jr, Manheim, PA (US);
Robert A Long, Harrisburg, PA (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for pre-assembling a connector housing, which is pre-loaded with a plurality of terminals, with a respective connector cover and subsequently applying the pre-assembled connector to terminate a multi-conductor flat cable. The pre-loaded connector housings and the covers are separately fed to the apparatus by magazines. Each cover is positioned with respect to a housing and applied thereto with the assembly thereafter being rotated and moved to a termination station where a multi-conductor flat cable is terminated by the connector. The feed arrangement assures that only a single cover and connector will be fed from the respective magazines for each pre-assembly operation thereby obviating the possibility of jamming.