公开(公告)号：WO1991006138A1

公开(公告)日：1991-05-02

申请号：PCT/US1990005309

申请日：1990-09-18

Applicant: ACU-CRIMP, INC.

Inventor： ACU-CRIMP, INC. ,  DASSANCE, Donald, A., Jr. ,  FELDBORG, Richard, E.

IPC: H01R43/048

CPC classification number: H01R43/055 ,  Y10T29/5149 ,  Y10T29/53235

Abstract: An applicator die (11) for use with a crimping machine of the type in which a supply of terminals are fed in the form of a terminal strip (10) comprising a carrier band and plurality of terminals respectively secured at one end thereof to successive points along the band, individual leads (50) are fed to the machine and the machine functions to crimpingly apply a terminal to an end of each lead and sever the terminal from the carrier band. The applicator die includes a hanger structure (72) extending downwardly along a side edge of horizontal guide plates (60, 62) to a location below the guide plates, and a feed finger (87) pivotally mounted on the lower end of the hanger structure underneath the guide plates and including a pointed end (87b) extending upwardly through a slot in the lower guide plate (60) for engagement with drive holes in the terminal strip. The die also includes a gathering mechanism (11) in the form of a scissors device that readily attaches to the front face of the slide to gather up the leads (59) and ensure that they are properly oriented relative to the feed path of the terminal strip and relative to the crimping and severing dies.