APPARATUS FOR INSERTING WIRES INTO ELECTRICAL CONTACTS

摘要

In apparatus for inserting wires into electrical contacts an electrical connector having slotted plate contacts arranged in two rows there along is supported between heel blocks on an elongate anvil. Wire insertion tooling assemblies each being mounted on an arm of a yoke, are transported along the anvil by a stepping Motor connected to the yoke. Each tooling assembly is actuable to force a wire into the slot of a contact when the tooling assembly is opposite to that contact. In order to align each tooling assembly with its associated contacts despite warpage of the housing of the connector, each tooling assembly is provided with an aligning plate which rides on a longitudinal flange of the connector housing, the tooling assembly being capable of limited movement at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the anvil.