Electrical terminal crimping apparatus
AssigneeBICC Limited
InventorJohn C. Collier
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Abstract
In electrical terminal crimping apparatus comprising two crimping dies so mounted that one die is constrained to move towards and away from the other die, a wheel having circumferentially spaced, outwardly extending vanes is rotatably mounted with respect to the dies and a pawl, operatively connected to the movable die, is adapted to engage a ratchet, carried by the wheel, to effect partial rotation of the wheel. After a terminal has been crimped to an electrical lead and as the movable die moves away from the fixed die, the pawl automatically engages the ratchet and causes the wheel to rotate so that a vane pushes the terminated lead laterally from between the dies to a sufficient extent to permit the stripped end of another lead to be positioned between the dies.
Claims10
For use in crimping an electrical terminal to a stripped end of an electrical lead, electrical crimping apparatus comprising at least two crimping dies so mounted that at least one of the dies is contrained to move towards and away from the other die, wherein a wheel having a number of circumferentially spaced, outwardly extending vanes is rotatably mounted with respect to the crimping dies and wheel-engaging means for effecting at least partial rotation of the wheel is operatively connected to the movable die, the arrangement being such that, after an electrical terminal has been crimped to a stripped end of an electrical lead and as said movable die travels away from the other die, said wheel-engaging means automatically causes the wheel to rotate to such an extent that one of the vanes will push the terminated lead laterally from between the crimping dies to a sufficient extent to permit the stripped end of another lead to be positioned between the dies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.