Abstract: An apparatus for conveying bags along a path which includes a plurality of work stations. The conveyor apparatus includes a plurality of conveyor assemblies. Each of the conveyor assemblies includes opposed belt assemblies, one of which is laterally displaceable. Opposed belts of the opposed belt assemblies are contiguous for grasping the sides of the bags and transporting the bags in a generally upright orientation as the belts are driven in synchronism.

Abstract: A clamp mechanism (20) for holding and transporting parts such as wire (16) and terminals (18) to connector blocks (12) where transport paths require precision and limited space includes a scissors-like clamp (42,52) confined in a housing (24-28) with such clamp driven to move and close by toggle/cam (60,38) in a single sided movement by a single driving mechanism such as a pneumatic cylinder (22), and to open upon the reverse stroke by a spring (66) all defined by a single reciprocating stroke of the driving mechanism.

Abstract: Apparatus (30) includes means (28,29) to position a block (12) having multiple apertures (14) with a given aperture positioned along a loading axis (IA); a series of linear driving motors (32,40,56,112) are sequentially operated to grasp, hold and transport a terminal wire (24) and insert the terminal (16) thereof into a selected block aperture (14) in a sequence with an inverse cam (90) and roller mechanism (80,94) driven by a lever (96) to convert linear motion into a particular curvilinear movement to cause the terminal to clear the wires previously loaded in apertures in the block in a high speed insertion cycle.