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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1991
Hideyuki Ishioka, Tokyo, JP;
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Apparatus for loading respective conductors of a multiconductor cable on corresponding retention channels of a connector half, which includes a connector holder 3, 4 for holding a connector half C1, C2; a conductor guide 1A, 2A provided beside each connector holder; a cable holder 7 movable in a direction perpendicular to the connector holder for holding the multiconductor cable P beside the connector holder; a receiver unit 8 having a receiver slot 9 for receiving the respective conductors one upon another; a transfer unit 11 movable on the receiver unit in a direction perpendicular to the receiver slot and having a transfer channel parallel to the receiver slot for receiving an uppermost conductor; a conductor receiving unit having a receiver channel 14 for receiving the uppermost conductor when the transfer unit is in an advanced position and an escapement slot 15 extending in a direction perpendicular to the receiver slot; a cable stabilizer 11A interlocked to the transfer unit and having a front edge substantially flash with the conductor receiver slot when the transfer unit is in the advanced position; and a carrier unit 20 having a pair of grippers 24, 25 for bringing the uppermost conductor from the receiver unit to the connector holder; and a conductor pusher 26 provided beside the fixed gripper for pushing the uppermost conductor into a retention channel of the connector half at the identified position.