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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1990
Kenneth H Billingham, Feasterville, PA (US);
James E Franks, Lindenwold, NJ (US);
Ivan Pawlenko, Holland, PA (US);
Frank J Schiller, Yardley, PA (US);
Alexander Shemarovsky, Robbinsville, NJ (US);
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for attaching each of a successive pair of wires (12) to each of a pair of contacts (13), seated in opposed recesses (14) in a connector (16). The apparatus comprises a base (18) on which a connector-carrying carriage (26) is slidably mounted for movement along an axis (24). Each of a pair of ram assemblies (32) is mounted on opposite sides of the path of travel of the carriage (26). Adjacent to each ram assembly (32) is a wire guide (58) which has an upwardly inclined pin (74) which provides a path for pulling a wire into alignment with a separate one of the ram assemblies (32). Once aligned with the ram assemblies, the wires (12) are then rammed by the ram assemblies against the corresponding contacts (13).