Jumper bridge machine

An apparatus for intermittently feeding wire forward along a generally longitudinal axis, cutting and forming a front end of said wire at a first station into a jumper bridge for an electronic hybrid substrate and presenting said jumper bridge at a second station for removal from said apparatus, said apparatus having a housing comprising:

• wire guide means for supporting and guiding said wire along said longitudinal axis;
• reciprocable means feeding said wire to said first station during a portion of a forward stroke including first gripper means for gripping said wire, and
• second gripper means for preventing rearward movement of said wire during a reverse stoke;
• delivery means for delivering said jumper bridge from said first station to said second station and presenting said jumper bridge for removal at said second station;
• cutting and forming means for cutting a specified length of said front end of wire and for forming said specified length into said jumper bridge;
• driver means comprising means for controlling said feeding means, means for controlling said cutting and forming means, and means for controlling said delivering means;
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• actuator means for actuating said driver means during said forward and reverse strokes, upon command.