Continuous terminal crimping machine

A continuous terminal crimping machine comprising:

• electric wire feeding means for feeding an insulated electric wire along a feeding path;
• cutting means for cutting the electric wire fed on said feeding path by said feeding means;
• stripping means for stripping an end of the electric wire which has been cut on said feeding path by said cutting means;
• a terminal crimping apparatus, disposed beside said feeding path, for crimping a terminal onto the end of the electric wire stripped by said stripping means;
• a rotatable arm having a clamping portion for releasably clamping the end of said electric wire stripped by said stripping means, said rotatable arm being rotatable around a predetermined axis parallel to said feeding path between a first position where the end of the electric wire clamped by said clamping portion is placed at a predetermined position on said feeding path, and a second position where the clamped end of the electric wire is placed at a predetermined crimping position, said terminal crimping apparatus crimping the terminal onto the clamped end of the wire at said crimping position;
• a rotating mechanism for alternately rotating said rotatable arm to said first position and said second position, said rotating mechanism including a swing lever, linking means for connecting said swing lever to said rotatable arm, urging means for urging said swing lever in a direction, and rotatable eccentric cam means for pushing said swing lever in a direction opposite to said direction of urging by said urging means when said cam means rotates;
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• shock absorbing means opposed to a predetermined portion of at least one of said rotatable arm and said displaceable member, said shock absorbing means absorbing shock to dampen vibration of the electric wire as said rotatable arm is stopped at said second position.