Apparatus for installing electrical on flat conductor cable
AssigneeBurndy Corporation
InventorsAlajos Z. Bauer, Michael A. Verespej
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Abstract
Apparatus for installing rivet-type electrical connectors onto flat conductor cables wherein the connectors are fed to the machine from a magazine, transferred to a press and then pressed onto and through the cable over an anvil which holds the rivet-type connector to form a secure connection with the cable. The resulting profile of the connector is such that it extends through the conductor of the cable and is held thereon by a flange on one side of the cable and an eyelet-type crimp on the opposite side of the cable.
Claims16
Apparatus for installing connectors onto flat conductor cables having a plurality of spaced conductors comprising:
- (a) a supply of one piece connectors, each of said connectors being formed of an electrically conductive material and being of a one piece construction;
- (b) means for locating a predetermined one of the conductors of the flat conductor cable at an installation station;
- (c) means for removing a single connector from the supply and aligning the single connector with the predetermined conductor and
- (d) means for pressing the single connector into the flat conductor cable and into physical contact and electrical contact with the predetermined conductor, the means for pressing including a fixed anvil means and a ram means movable toward the fixed anvil means for moving a single connector through the flat conductor cable and predetermined conductor and into contact with the fixed anvil whereby the single connector is deformed into the flat conductor cable so that the connector is secured to the flat connector cable and predetermined conductor and electrical current can pass from the predetermined conductor to the connector.
Apparatus for installing connectors onto flat conductor cables comprising:
- a supply of connectors;
- means for locating a predetermined portion of the flat conductor cable at an installation station;
- means for removing a connector from the supply and aligning the connector with the predetermined portion of the flat conductor cable;
- means for pressing the connector into the flat conductor able whereby electrical current can pass from the flat conductor cable to the conductor;
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- whereby the means for pressing is a movable ram means and fixed anvil means and means for aligning the connector with the flat conductor cable also aligns the connector with the ram means;
- the means for removing a conductor from the supply and aligning the conductor with the ram means is a transfer means which includes a connector receiving means for holding the connector, and further including means for moving the transfer means to locate the connector receiving means either adjacent the supply or adjacent the ram means;
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- the ram means includes means for loading and holding the connector thereon, and the transfer means includes means for releasing the connector from the connector receiving means as it is being loaded onto the ram means.
Apparatus for installing a rivet connector, the connector having a post, flange, and an opening therein, onto a flat conductor cable comprising:
- (a) a supply of connectors
- (b) means for locating a predetermined portion of the flat conductor cable at an installation station
- (c) means for pressing the connector into and through the flat conductor cable at the installation station, the pressing means including a ram means and anvil, the ram means further including a guide pin means which is engageable with the opening of the connector,
- (d) means for removing the connector from the supply and aligning the opening of the connector with the guide pin means and
- (e) means for moving the ram means and/or the anvil means relative to one another to press the connector into the portion of the flat conductor cable in the installation station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.