Abstract: Apparatus for slitting a sheathed three-conductor cable having two outer conductors and a central ground conductor preparatory to installing the slit segment into a specially prepared electrical fixture comprises a slitting assembly reciprocatingly slidable towards and away from a cradle member arranged to support and align a given length of the cable for engagement with a pair of spaced blade members affixed to the slitting assembly. The sheath of the cable is slit on either side of the central ground conductor, one of the outer conductors being displaced out of the plane of the conductors while the other outer conductor is displaced laterally away from the central conductor. The slit portion of the cable is thus suitably arranged for installation in a specially prepared electrical fixture which may be placed between extending portions of the jaw members of a further embodiment of the invention to complete the installation.

Abstract: A pair of cooperating die members are disposed in a housing and arranged to slidably move along respective intersecting axes so that a forming portion of one of the die members is caused to progressively approach the nest portion of the other die member along an incline terminating at the nose portion of the housing, the nest portion of the one die member being arranged to support a preferably U-shaped deformable terminal, the arms of which are then caused to be contacted by the forming portion of the other die member and longitudinally progressively folded inwardly against one or more articles located within the terminal.