Apparatus for assembling apertured members onto an array of terminal pins
AssigneeWestern Electric Company, Inc.
InventorWilliam C. Kent
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Abstract
A connector housing (10) with projecting terminal pins (11) is moved through a set of blades (41-45) which act to align the columns of terminal pins. At an assembly area (38), a group of aligning pins (111) are advanced through openings in the blades to align the rows of terminal pins (11). A jaw device (62) advances an apertured block (13) into the position above the terminal pins, whereafter a pusher (103) advances an apertured retainer card (24) onto the block (13). A multi-fingered insertion tool (121) is moved to push the retainer card (24) and the block (13) onto the coordinately aligned terminal pins.
Claims10
An apparatus for assembling a first member having a coordinate array of holes onto a coordinate array of pins projecting from a second member, which comprises:
- a group of spaced blades for receiving columns of pins therebetween;
- means for advancing a second member to move the column of pins between said blades;
- a group of aligning pins mounted for movement transverse of said blades;
- means for moving the aligning pins across said blades to captivate the projecting pins between the blades and the aligning pins;
- means for releasably holding a first member above the captivated pins;
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- means for pushing the first member from said holding means onto said captivated pins.
An apparatus for assembling a first member having a coordinate array of apertures onto a like coordinate array of rows and columns of pins loosely mounted in and projecting from a second member, which comprises:
- a trackway for receiving a second member with the pins projecting up from the trackway;
- a plurality of parallel blades positioned above said trackway for passage between rows of pins of a second member advanced along said trackway, each of said blades having tapered forward edges for initially passing through said column of pins;
- a slide having a planar array of parallel, pointed rods projecting therefrom toward an outer one of said blades, said rods being spaced apart distances corresponding to the distances between the rows of pins;
- said blades having openings therein to permit the passage of the pins therethrough;
- means for advancing a second member along said trackway to advance the column of pins between said blades;
- means for moving said slide to advance the rods through said blade opening and between said rows of pins to captivate the pins between the blades and rods;
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- means for advancing a first member toward the second member to advance the apertures to receive the captivated pins.
An apparatus for assembling a first member having a coordinate array of holes onto a coordinate array of terminals projecting from a second member, which comprises:
- a plurality of blades mounted and spaced apart distances corresponding to the spacing between the columns of terminals;
- means for advancing the second member to move the terminals between the blades with portions of the terminals projecting from the top of said blades;
- a group of locating rods spaced apart distances corresponding to the distances between the rows of terminals;
- said blades having openings therein aligned with said locating rods;
- means for advancing the locating rods through said openings to align the rows of terminals;
- means for releaseably holding a first member;
- means for advancing said holding means to position the member with the holes therein aligned with the terminals positioned by said blades and locating rods;
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- means for pushing the first member from said holding means onto said terminals to insert the terminals in the holes formed in the first member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.