Autopin machine
US4176448A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 1978 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53174
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and supply strip is disclosed for inserting terminal pins into an apertured workpiece. The apparatus includes reciprocating feeding means for sequentially advancing a supply strip of integrally connected preformed terminal pins toward the workpiece; shearing means for severing the leading one of said pins from the remainder of the supply strip; and driving means for inserting the severed lead one of said pins into the workpiece. The feeding means comprises grasping means operable only when the feeding means is moving in a first direction toward the workpiece to grasp the supply strip at the juncture of adjacent integrally connected preformed terminal pins.
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