Apparatus for attaching a connector

Apparatus for successively attaching each of a pair of wires in a cable to a respective one of a pair of contacts, each contact seated in a separate one of a pair of opposed recesses in a connector comprising:

• a base;
• a connector-carrying carriage slidably mounted to the base for movement along an axis;
• a pair of ram assemblies, each located on opposite sides of the carriage and being movable to and from the carriage, for ramming a separate one of a pair of wires into a separate one of the pair of opposed recesses in the connector;
• a pair of wire guides, each located adjacent to a separate one of the ram assemblies and including a block having a flat end aligned with a corresponding ram assembly, and a member extending outwardly from the block at an upwardly inclined angle so as to diverge from the member extending from the other block, the member having an inclined surface which engages a wire, pulled thereacross by an operator, and guides the wire downwardly therealong to the end of the block which guides the wire into alignment with the corresponding ram assembly;
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• means for displacing the carriage along the axis to align each contact in a successive pair of recesses in the connector with a respective one of the ram assemblies.