| 摘要 |
An apparatus (10) and methods are disclosed for preparing the terminated end of a flat cable (25) for connectorization wherein the cable is of the type having two arrays of overlying/underlying conductors (27, 28) separated by an insulative center film (31), with each array being bonded directly to only the respectively adjacent one of two mutually disposed outer insulative films (33, 34), and wherein an aligned pair of isolating members (36, 37) are respectively positioned between, and transversely of, a different side of the center film the associated array of conductors at each predetermined terminating end of the cable, as fabricated. The apparatus includes a cross-slide assembly (12, 41), a flare-out die mechanism (14, 97), an optional trimming die mechanism (16, 134, 136) and a fold-back roller mechanism (18, 151, 167, 168). Such a composite apparatus sequentially performs the following operation on the terminated end of the described type of flat cable: (1) sequentially flare-out (separate and bend) terminated end sections (33a, 34a) of the outer cable films, together with the respective coextensive arrays of conductor end portions (27a, 28a) bonded thereto, preferably approximately 90 degrees from the normal plane of the mutually contacting one of the two leading isolating members (36 or 37); (2) trim each such bent cable end section to a predetermined length, and (3) sharply fold-back each such trimmed end section against the remaining adjacent portion of the cable so as to then fully expose the previously inner major sides of the conductor end portions (27a, 28a) in each array for subsequent connectorization.
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