MACHINE FOR MAKING THROUGH CONNECTION IN PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD

摘要

A machine for inserting a conductive element into a printed circuit board comprises a mechanism for holding and indexing the printed circuit board, a punch, a reel supported on one side of the punch and upon which a strip of the conductive stock material is wound, a punch head including a stripper and die assembly in registry with the punch and within which conductive strip material supplied by the reel is slidably retained, a mechanism for indexing the strip material, a female die in registry with the punch on the side of the circuit board opposite that facing the punch and adapted to be laterally shifted so as to function as an anvil with respect to said punch, and a cammed disk having three cam surfaces for actuating said punch, punch head and shiftable die through appropriate followers and linkages.