APPARATUS FOR FORMING FEATURES ON AN ELONGATED NETAL WIRE

摘要

Apparatus for forming features on an elongated metal wire, in particular pin tips, compliant sections and retention sections on electrical terminal pins for use in interconnecting electrical leads, plated through holes in printed circuit boards and/or connector contacts employing a number of working tools (404-410) which slide along slots (436,438) in a guide (402) to contact the wire to be treated. A ring (412) is partly rotated relative to the guide (402) to displace the tools (404-410) substantially through pivot links (414,416,418,420) to cause the tools to contact the wire to stamp distal sides of the wire between the tools.