Abstract: A system for attaching electrical contacts to the conductive ends of wires preferably provides simultaneous sorting operations, wherein different contacts from separate batches are simultaneously sorted in consecutive order; preselection operations, wherein contacts stuck together are removed; simultaneous holding operations, wherein presorted contacts from each batch are accumulated in separate, automatically resupplied queues, for rapid subsequent retrieval by the operator; pneumatic transporting operations, wherein contacts are rapidly retrieved from any queue selected and prealigned opposite the crimping jaws of a crimping unit; and two-step crimping operations, wherein prealigned contacts are quickly gripped by partially closed crimping jaws, in the first step, in preparation for the second step of wire end insertion and full crimping.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 1996
Date of Patent:
January 14, 1997
Assignee:
Gaard Automation Inc.
Inventors:
William L. Reiersgaard, Andrew W. Knebel, Jr., Curtis A. Davis, John M. Reiersgaard, Lloyd E. Pelton
Abstract: A system for attaching electrical contacts to the conductive ends of wires preferably provides simultaneous sorting operations, wherein different contacts from separate batches are simultaneously sorted in consecutive order; preselection operations, wherein contacts stuck together are removed; simultaneous holding operations, wherein presorted contacts from each batch are accumulated in separate, automatically resupplied queues, for rapid subsequent retrieval by the operator; pneumatic transporting operations, wherein contacts are rapidly retrieved from any queue selected and prealigned opposite the crimping jaws of a crimping unit; and two-step crimping operations, wherein prealigned contacts are quickly gripped by partially closed crimping jaws, in the first step, in preparation for the second step of wire end insertion and full crimping.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 2, 1993
Date of Patent:
April 30, 1996
Assignee:
Gaard Automation, Inc.
Inventors:
William L. Reiersgaard, Andrew W. Knebel, Jr., Curtis A. Davis, John M. Reiersgaard, Lloyd E. Pelton