Flat multiple pair cable stripping and connector attaching apparatus

摘要

Apparatus for attaching insulation penetrating connectors to the ends of flat multiple pair cables has a sheath stripping station and a connector attaching station. Spaced knives slit the sheath crosswise of the cable and translate in the direction of the cable to strip the sheathing while conductor separating and engaging combs engage on each side of the cable one conductor of each pair of conductors prior to complete removal of the severed sheath end but operative upon complete sheath removal to separate the conductors into two planar arrays diverging in opposite directions from the general plane of the cable. A carriage holding the cable with bared end is arranged to translate from the sheath stripping station to the connector attaching station where connector holding jaws are articulable for the purpose. The carriage has a cross-slide permitting the diverging arrays of conductors to be advanced into juxtaposition with a connector held within said jaws, and wire cutting and inserting fingers are articulably mounted for cutting and installing the wire ends in the connector.