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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1981
Robert D Waghorn, Oneonta, NY (US);
The Bendix Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for automatically inserting electrical contacts into an electrical connector, the apparatus including a vibrating bowl (12, 112) which orients the contacts by vibrating and releases the oriented contacts one at a time to a contact loading position and guide device extending from the contact loading position to a contact unloading position adjacent the connector for guiding the contact in a forward direction to a cavity of the connector. The guide device includes a slide member (160) having a slide rod (162) slidably supported in a housing (142) for axially reciprocating each successive contact from the contact loading position to the contact loading position. At the contact loading position the contacts are propelled by an air pressure and guided to the unloading position adjacent the connector and into the connector. The connector is supported on a base member (64) of an X-Y table (32) to move in two directions so that the connector cavities are successively aligned to receive each contact propelled thereto.