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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1986
Michael C Wilson, Oberlin, PA (US);
Robert Volinskie, Hershey, PA (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for semiautomatic termination of conductors of a ribbon cable to electrical terminals of an electrical connector having conductor receiving cavities located on opposite sides thereof. In operation the apparatus combs and shears individual conductors of the ribbon cable. The comb means cooperates with the individual conductors adjacent the dielectric jacket of the cable, ensuring that the individual conductors will be combed and spaced as required for termination to the terminals. The shear means is retracted, leaving the comb means in contact with the conductors, maintaining the position of the conductors until the connector is brought into place. A shuttle then places the connector in engagement with the conductors. The comb means is retracted, permitting the conductors to be positioned in alignment with terminating sections of the terminals which in turn allows for insertion and crimping of the conductors to occur. A unique feature of this assembly is that as the conductors are sheared, they are also preformed to enable the connector to be easily inserted along the preformed conductors.