Abstract: Terminal applicator for crimping closed barrel terminals in strip form onto wires has a reciprocable ram, crimping dies on the ram, an anvil for supporting the terminal during crimping, and strip feeding and severing means for feeding terminals to the crimping zone. The anvil is normally in a retracted position and the strip is fed to position the leading terminal of the strip on the housing when the anvil is in its retracted position. Thereafter, the leading terminal is severed from the strip and the anvil is moved to an extended position in which it is at the crimping site. During such movement, a wire held at the crimping site is located in the terminal and upon movement of the dies towards the anvil, the terminal is crimped onto the wire.

Abstract: A machine for inserting displation type terminals in strip form into cavities in a coil bobbin or the like comprises first and second slide assemblies in parallel side-by-side relationship. The strip of terminals is fed towards the insertion zone of the apparatus by a feeding means which is actuated during movement of the first slide member along its working stroke. A shearing means for shearing terminals from the strip is also actuated by the first slide member and this shearing means serves to place the sheared terminals in front of insertion members carried by the second slide member. Finally, during the working stroke of the first slide member, the insertion punches move relative to the second slide towards the insertion zone to advance the sheared terminals in a guide tube on the second slide member.