摘要 |
Apparatus for applying a tubular insulating housing to an electrical connector crimped to a wire comprises a horizontal base at one end of which are disposed a pair of wire gripping jaws, one of which is fixed to the base and the other of which is movable by a plunger vertically towards and away from the base. A support having a channel for receiving an electrical connector crimped to a wire is pivotally mounted on the base immediately rearwardly of the fixed jaw, a slide on the base being movable there along towards and away from the fixed jaw through a mechanism operated by the plunger. The slide has at its forward end a recess opening towards the fixed jaw, for receiving a tubular insulating housing. With the wire gripped between the jaws at a position just back from the connector, and with the connector located in the channel in the connector support, the slide is advanced from a position remote from the fixed jaw, to cause a housing in the recess of the slide to be pushed onto the connector to receive it, as the slide displaces the connector support about its pivot to eject the connector from the connector support whereafter the slide is retracted, the movable jaw is raised and the connector with the housing thereon is removed from the apparatus. |