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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1987
Filed:
May. 24, 1985
Anthony J Szumierz, Addison, IL (US);
Frank P Chmela, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus for spacing a serial succession of electrical connectors along a common centerline progression. The apparatus includes a push bar moveable toward a termination station, which is operative to space the connectors a predetermined amount, assuring alignment with the centerline progression. The push bar includes a plurality of pawl members having connector engaging tips which are receivable within recesses formed in the upper surface of each connector. The pawls are mounted to have a serial succession of increasingly greater displacements measured along the push bar in a direction away from the termination station. The succession of pawl displacements ensures proper predetermined spacing between adjacent connectors, sufficient to place the end terminals of adjacent connectors on a common centerline progression.