Method of and apparatus for pull-fitting contacts
AssigneeElfab Corporation
InventorsJ. Preston Ammon, Harry R. Weaver, Richard O. Norman
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for pull fitting contacts. Contacts tails initially are placed through apertures on a mounting member. A support member having a pair of clamping jaws which clamp the contact ends encloses an actuation plate which after the tails are clamped pushes the mounting member relative to the support member thereby inserting the contacts completely into an insulative housing.
Claims17
A method of mounting contacts having tails protruding in two spaced parallel rows from the bottom of a mounting member by applying a longitudinal force to said contacts relative to said mounting member;
- said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a support member for supporting the mounting member between the contact tails protruding therefrom, said support member including a plurality of apertures therethrough;
- positioning said mounting member and contacts upon said support member;
- clamping the contact tails to the support member;
- providing means for moving the mounting member upwardly relative to the support member and contacts clamped thereto, which means includes mounting pins slidably positioned within said apertures and extendable through said support member;
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- moving the mounting member upwardly relative to the support member and contacts clamped thereto by extending said mounting pins through said support member and into engagement with said mounting member.
Improved apparatus for mounting contacts positioned within a mounting member of the type wherein contacts having tails protruding from the bottom of the mounting member in two spaced parallel rows are mounted within the mounting member by the application of a longitudinal force to the contacts, the improvement comprising:
- an upstanding support member including a plurality of apertures formed therethrough for positioning beneath the mounting member in support thereof and between the contact tails protruding therefrom;
- means for clamping the contact tails against the support member with the mounting member thereabove;
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- means for moving the mounting member upwardly relative to the support member and contacts clamped thereto, said mounting member movement means including mounting pins slidably positioned within said apertures and extendable through said support member for engaging and moving said mounting member upwardly for mounting the contacts within the mounting member.
A system for mounting contacts having tails protruding in two spaced parallel rows from the bottom of a mounting member by applying a longitudinal force to said contact relative to said mounting member, said system comprising:
- a rigid, upstanding, elongate support member including a flat top surface having a width about equal to the spacing between adjacent rows of contact tails, and opposed flat sides, said support member also including a plurality of spaced apertures extending through said support member parallel to said sides, each of said apertures having openings in the flat top surface;
- a pair of generally flat clamp jaws, one jaw being normally spaced from one of said flat sides of the support member and one jaw being normally spaced from the other of said sides;
- a mounting pin slidably positioned within each of the apertures extending through said support member;
- means for moving said flat clamp jaws toward the opposed flat sides of the support member to rigidly clamp the tails of contacts positioned therebetween when the bottom of a mounting member is positioned upon the flat top surface of the support member;
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- means actuatable while said jaws clamp said contact tails to move the mounting pins upwardly through said support member and raise the mounting member to pull the contacts into position within said mounting member.
The apparatus as set forth in claim 14 wherein said flat clamp jaws each include horizontal serrations for facilitating the gripping of the tails of the contacts against said support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.