Abstract: A method for mounting elongated pin connectors 10 which have a connector body 11 and pin contact elements 5, wherein the pin contact elements are pressed, preferably in a single operation, into openings 7 of a circuit board 8 and into openings 90 of body 11 arranged below circuit board 8. A pressing tool 1 is provided for contact element combs 2 which have a pilot strip 6 to which contact elements 5 are attached. A clamping section 3 of the tool 1 is designed so that it severs pilot strip 6 when the contact elements are pressed into contact with circuit board 8. The connector body 11 has cams 93,94 adjacent slots 90 for forming an upper surface with their upper sides.

Abstract: A tool for connecting a cable, particularly a flat cable, to a cable connector, particularly to a flat cable connector or the like. The known termination tools often have relatively complicated adjusting mechanisms for centering the cable connector in relation to the center of the press and for adjusting the working height for the various types of connectors. Finally, with the known tools, there is no possibility of visually monitoring the alignment of the cable conductors with the terminals during the mounting process. The present tool permits a cable connector, regardless of its total length or the number of contacts, to be automatically positioned precisely under the center of the press die by the action of pairs of symmetrically positioned ribs having sloping engagement surfaces. The tool also permits the vertical positioning of cable connectors of different total structural heights by simply reversing the orientation of the connector support.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing the insulation from the end of an insulated electrical wire. A common disadvantage of this type of apparatus is that by clamping the insulation of the conductor on two sides, indentations and possibly even damage to the insulation may be caused. Further, owing to cutting into the insulation only from two sides, the piece of insulation to be removed cannot be cleanly cut prior to removal from the central conductor core. The present apparatus overcomes the above-described disadvantages and shortcomings and permits various types of insulation to be rapidly, cleanly, and simply, freed from the conductor core. The removal of the insulation is initiated by inserting the end of the wire into the apparatus, without fear of folding the end of the wire even in the case of very small diameters of the conductive core of the wire, whereupon the insulation is removed fully automatically.