Side-loading wire wrapping assembly for semiautomatic wiring machines

A side-loading wire wrapping assembly for use in a wiring machine comprising:

• a generally cylindrical wrapping bit having at its free end a central aperture for receiving a terminal upon which a wire is to be wrapped and a pair of contiguous longitudinally disposed sections for receiving said wire prior to the wrapping operation, a first of said sections having a bore whose central longitudinal axis is offset from that of said wrapping bit, said bore extending from said free end of said wrapping bit a predetermined distance, the diameter of said bore being such that a longitudinal slit leading into said bore is formed in the bit surface, the second of said sections having a groove in said bit surface which is in substantial longitudinal alignment with said slit,
• a stationary sleeve substantially enclosing said wrapping bit, said sleeve having a longitudinal V-groove formed in its surface such that the sides of the "V" intersect the respective edges of the slit formed in said bit surface by said bore,
• a wire feed hole formed in said sleeve, said V-groove extending from the end of said sleeve adjacent said free end of said wrapping bit and terminating in said wire feed hole, the center of said wire feed hole lying along the central longitudinal axis of said V-groove,
• the portion of said wrapping bit appearing adjacent said wire feed hole during the loading of said wire into said wrapping bit having formed therein an opening substantially wider than said slit to provide maximum access to the interior of said bore from said wire feed hole.