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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1990
Hideyuki Ishioka, Tokyo, JP;
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A machine for loading a plurality of conductors of a multiconductor cable on a plurality of contacts or retaining channels of a connector, includes a housing having a plurality of openings on a side of the housing and a plurality of movable units, each movable through each of the openings between two positions; a preparation position where a cable is set on the movable unit and a loading position where respective conductors of the cable are loaded on the connector. Each movable unit includes a base; a connector holder provided on a top of the base to hold the connector; a cable holder provided adjacent the connector holder for holding the multiconductor cable; a conductor receiver provided adjacent the connector holder for receiving the conductors aligned one upon another in a vertical plane parallel to the connector holder; and a conductor carrier movable over the movable unit to carry a conductor from the receiver to each of the contacts or retaining channels for connection.