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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1980
William M Chisholm, Midlothian, VA (US);
Western Electric Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
First end portions (22c) of terminal pins (22) are gripped in a gripping means (54) on one side of a substrate (24) and intermediate portions (22cs) of the pins then are inserted into the substrate. In the insertion operation, second opposite end portions (22i) of the pins are extended into a straightening means (74) on the opposite side of the substrate (24). Tip portions of the first pin end portions (22c) then are disposed in the gripping means (54) and tip portions of the second pin end portions (22i) are disposed in the straightening means (74). To straighten the pins (22), relative reciprocating movement then is caused between the pin intermediate portions (22cs) and the pin tip portions to flex and coldwork the first and second pin end portions (22c and 22i) in a lateral direction simultaneously.