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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
William Herbert Bair, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29751 ; 29753 ; 29861 ; 29862 ; 29863 ; 29882 ; 7240501 ;
Abstract
A terminal applicator (10) includes a terminal feed mechanism (46) having a feed finger (84) attached to a slide member (70) that is adjustably movable with respect to a yoke (45) of the feed mechanism for positioning the end feed point of the feed finger (84). An adjusting screw (110) is arranged to move the slid member (70) to the desired position. A locking member (164) is arranged to both frictionally bind the threads of the adjusting screw so that it cannot be turned and to frictionally engage the mating surfaces of the slide member and the yoke (45) so that the slide member (70) cannot slide with respect to the yoke (45).