Apparatus for securing wire connectors

An apparatus for securing a wire connector onto a wire, said apparatus comprising:

• a rotatable cylindrical member defining a plurality of chambers configured to store a plurality of wire connectors, each of said plurality of chambers defining an aperture at a first end to releasably receive said plurality of wire connectors and each of said plurality of chambers having a first spring at a second end to urge said plurality of wire connectors from said chamber through said aperture;
• a frame for supporting said rotatable cylindrical member, said frame detachably mountable on a rotating means;
• a dispensing housing mounted on said frame, said dispensing housing defining a wire connector channel for receiving said plurality of wire connectors from said plurality of chambers and an outlet wherein said plurality of wire connectors exits the apparatus;
• said cylindrical member selectively rotatable with respect to an axle extending centrally through said cylindrical member such that said aperture of any one of said plurality of chambers may be positioned to urge said plurality of wire connectors into said wire connector channel, said axle pivotally coupled with a rear plate of said frame at a first end and detachably coupled with an axle receiving recess defined by said dispensing housing at a second end;
• a second spring encompassing said axle, said second spring attached to said rear plate at a first end and attached to a first side of a disc at a second end wherein said axle journals through said disc such that a second side of said disc is firmly biased against a rear surface of said cylindrical member when said second spring is expanded, said second spring thereby exerting force against said cylindrical member;
• a plurality of bearings positioned on said rear surface of said cylindrical member, said plurality of bearings frictionally engageable with a plurality of corresponding receiving recesses defined by said second side of said disc;
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• a rotator mounted to said rotating means, said rotator configured to encase and frictionally engage a closed end of said plurality of wire connectors such that said rotator may rotate said plurality of wire connectors to secure the wire, said rotator selectively rotatable by selectively actuating said rotating means;
• wherein the wire is inserted through said outlet into the downstream-most wire connector disposed in said housing, thereby urging the wire connector to engage said rotator;
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• wherein actuation of said rotating means rotates said rotator to twistably engage and secure the wire onto the wire connector.