electrical terminal applicator with improved split cycle system

• Main Author: QUINN; ROBERT L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.02.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; LINE CONNECTORS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

An electrical terminal applicator is provided for crimping terminals onto electrical wires. An applicator ram is movable mounted on an applicator frame and is drivable by a press ram through a working stroke towards, and a return stroke away from, a crimping anvil. A crimping die is mounted on the applicator ram for cooperation with the anvil to crimp a portion of a terminal onto a wire during each working stroke of the applicator ram. A pneumatic piston-and-cylinder device is mounted directly on the applicator frame adjacent the applicator ram and is connected to the crimping die for moving the crimping die through a first portion of movement into engagement with an uncrimped terminal to preposition the terminal for crimping thereof. The crimping die is mounted for limited movement on the applicator ram such that the piston-and-cylinder device can move the crimping die through the first portion of movement and the applicator ram thereafter can move the crimping die through a second portion of movement to effect crimping of the terminal. A magnet is mounted on the applicator ram and is releasably engageable with the crimping die for moving the die with the ram away from the crimping anvil on the return stroke of the applicator ram.