MAGAZINE FOR PROCESSING WIRE END FERRULES AND HAND TOOL FOR PRESSING WIRE END FERRULES

Abstract

A magazine (1) for processing wire terminations (2), which are connected to one another via connecting bridges (3) to form a wire termination strip (4), wherein the magazine (1) has a housing (5). The housing (5) has a magazine level in which the wire terminations (2) can be separated from the wire termination strip (4) by a cutting device (6) provided in the magazine level. A feed mechanism (7) is provided in the magazine level, by which mechanism the wire termination strip (4) can be transported in the magazine level, so that the separated wire terminations (2) can be conveyed into a depression level for processing, the magazine level and the depression level being different from one another.

Claims

1-16. (canceled)

17. A magazine for processing wire terminations which are connected to one another via connecting bridges to form a wire termination strip, wherein the magazine comprises: a housing having a magazine level in which the wire terminations can be separated from the wire termination strip, a cutting device in the magazine level, by which device the wire terminations can be separated from one another, and a feed mechanism in the magazine level, by which mechanism the wire termination strip can be transported in the magazine level, wherein the magazine has a depression level to which separated wire terminations can be conveyed for processing, and wherein the magazine level and the depression level are different from one another.

18. The magazine according to claim 17, wherein the separated wire terminations can be brought by the cutting device into a mounting position.

19. The magazine according to claim 17, wherein the feed mechanism comprises a spring ratchet arm which enables linear feeding of the wire terminations.

20. The magazine according to claim 17, wherein the feed mechanism is movable from a starting position into a feed position.

21. The magazine according to claim 20, wherein the feed mechanism and the cutting device are connected to one another in such a way that the feed mechanism is arranged in the feed position when the cutting device is in a neutral, unactuated position.

22. The magazine according to claim 17, wherein the cutting device has a cutting direction that runs crosswise to an orientation of the wire termination strip in a separating section of the magazine level.

23. The magazine according to claim 17, wherein the cutting device has a blade for severing a connecting bridge between each pair of wire terminations.

24. The magazine according to claim 17, wherein the cutting device comprises a wedge for moving a separated wire termination away from the wire termination strip.

25. The magazine according to claim 17, wherein the cutting device is movable from a neutral position into a cutting position and wherein an actuatable reset element is provided for holding the cutting device in the neutral position.

26. The magazine according to claim 17, wherein a separated wire termination in the mounting position is arranged at a non-zero angle relative to a lengthwise extension of the wire terminations of the wire termination strip.

27. A hand tool for crimping wire terminations with a stripped conductor end, comprising: a handle which is movable from a first position into a second position, at least two die stocks that can be brought together by actuating the handle and which form a depression in which a wire termination can be positioned and a magazine in which the wire terminations are stored, wherein the wire terminations can be fed from the magazine to the depression, wherein the magazine has a magazine level in which the wire terminations can be separated from a wire termination strip and a depression level to which separated wire terminations can be conveyed for processing, the magazine level and the depression level being different from one another.

28. The hand tool according to claim 27, further comprising a cutting device, wherein the handle interacts with the magazine in such a way that the cutting device is actuated when the handle is placed in the first position.

29. The hand tool according to claim 27, wherein the handle interacts with the magazine in such a way that a feed mechanism for the wire termination strip is actuated when the handle is actuated.

30. The hand tool according to claim 27, wherein the handle is a pliers-shaped handle and wherein bypass means are provided which interact with the pliers-shaped handle and the die stocks in such a way that, by manually operating the handle, crimping of at least one stripped conductor wire termination can be performed.

31. The hand tool according to claim 27, wherein said at least two die stocks comprise more than two die stocks so that symmetrical crimping is performable between the wire termination and the stripped conductor end or with stranded wires of the conductor.

32. The hand tool according to claim 27, wherein the separated wire terminations can be brought by the cutting device into a mounting position.

33. The hand tool according to claim 27, wherein the feed mechanism comprises a spring ratchet arm which enables linear feeding of the wire terminations.

34. The hand tool according to claim 27, further comprising a cutting device, wherein the feed mechanism is movable from a starting position into a feed position, and wherein the feed mechanism and the cutting device are connected to one another in such a way that the feed mechanism is arranged in the feed position when the cutting device is in a neutral, unactuated position.

35. The hand tool according to claim 27, further comprising a cutting device, wherein the cutting device is movable from a neutral position into a cutting position and wherein an actuatable reset element is provided for holding the cutting device in the neutral position.

36. The hand tool according to claim 27, wherein a separated wire termination in the mounting position is arranged at a non-zero angle relative to a lengthwise extension of the wire terminations of the wire termination strip.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0035] FIG. 1 is a top view of part of a magazine for processing wire terminations,

[0036] FIG. 2 shows a part of the magazine according to FIG. 1 during the separation of wire terminations,

[0037] FIG. 3 shows the magazine according to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 with a housing cover,

[0038] FIG. 4 is a perspective of part of a magazine according to FIG. 1,

[0039] FIG. 5 shows a hand tool for processing wire terminations with a magazine with a handle in a first position,

[0040] FIG. 6 shows the hand tool according to FIG. 5 with a handle in a second position, and

[0041] FIG. 7 shows the hand tool according to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 with a conductor that is inserted into the magazine.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0042] FIG. 1 shows a magazine 1 for processing wire terminations 2 that are connected via connecting bridges 3 to form a wire termination strip 4. The magazine has a housing 5, in which the wire terminations 2 are arranged. A cutting device 6 is provided for separating the wire terminations 2. A feed mechanism 7 is provided for the transport of wire terminations 2 or the wire termination strip 4 inside the magazine 1. The feed mechanism 7 comprises a spring ratchet arm 8, which is arranged between two wire terminations 2 in FIG. 1. A blade 9 is arranged on the cutting device 6 for separating the wire terminations 2. The feed mechanism 7 is connected to a reset element 10.

[0043] The cutting device 6 and the feed mechanism 7 are connected to one another via a setting lever 11 in such a way that a tilting of the setting lever 11 causes both the cutting device 6 and the feed mechanism 7 to move. The setting lever 11 is configured overall in the shape of a T, so that overall, three lever arms, a first lever arm 12, a second lever arm 13, and a third lever arm 14, are present. The first lever arm 12 is connected in an articulated manner to the cutting device 6 via a slot connection 15. The second lever arm 13 is connected in an articulated manner to the feed mechanism 7. The third lever arm 14 projects out from the housing 5, so that it can be actuated outside of the housing 5 and thus simultaneously actuates the cutting device 6 and the feed mechanism 7.

[0044] FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show the interaction of the cutting device 6 and the feed mechanism 7. In FIG. 1, the reset element 10 is released. The cutting device 6 is not actuated, i.e., the blade 9 is as far as possible from the wire terminations 2. If the cutting device 6 is not actuated, then the feed mechanism 7 is oriented in such a way that the spring ratchet arm 8 rests on the wire termination 2 that is to be separated, so that the wire termination strip 4 is brought into position for the separation.

[0045] In FIG. 2, the cutting device 6 is actuated, i.e., the blade 9 has severed the connecting bridge 3 between two wire terminations 2. The reset element 10 is deflected and used to move the cutting device 6 into the neutral position. The blade 9 is arranged in a wedge-shaped receptacle 16. The wedge-shaped receptacle 16 presses against the wire termination 2 that is to be separated, so that the latter is moved away from the wire termination strip 4. At the same time, the wedge-shaped receptacle 16 is arranged so that it tilts the separated wire termination 2 when being forced away. In this oblique mounting position, the wire termination 2 can then be transported from the magazine level into the depression level.

[0046] While the cutting device 6 is being actuated, the feed mechanism 7 is brought into its actual starting position. In the case of the movement from the feed position, i.e., the position in which the wire termination strip 4 is oriented for separation, the spring ratchet arm 9 is deflected into the starting position and slides on the closest wire termination 2 over its diameter until it can engage without deflection again in the intermediate space between two wire terminations 2. In the case of renewed actuation of the feed mechanism 7, the spring locking hook 9 then moves the wire termination strip 4 into the position in which the next wire termination 2 can be separated.

[0047] FIG. 3 shows the magazine according to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 with a housing cover 17 and a conductor feed opening 18. A conductor 19 or the stranded wires of the conductor 19 can be inserted into the conductor feed opening 18. Since the separated wire termination 2 is oriented obliquely in the mounting position relative to the other wire terminations 2, the conductor 19 is also first inserted obliquely into the conductor feed opening 18. To this end, the conductor feed opening has a funnel-shaped section 20. The conductor 19 is correctly positioned by the funnel-shaped section 20, so that the stranded wires of the conductor 19 can be inserted correctly into the wire termination. By further insertion of the conductor 19, the wire termination 2 is conveyed along with the conductor 19 from the mounting position or from the magazine level into the depression level, in which the wire termination 2 can then be crimped. Then, the conductor 19 can be extracted again specifically from the conductor feed opening 18, while the next wire termination 2 is already positioned in the mounting position.

[0048] FIG. 4 is a perspective of the magazine 1 according to FIGS. 1-3. It is evident that the third lever arm 14 of the setting lever 11 partially emerges from the housing 5. Thus, the setting lever 11 can also be actuated easily outside of the housing 5. The wire terminations 2 are guided inside the housing in a channel 21.

[0049] FIGS. 5 & 6 show a hand tool 22 for crimping wire terminations 2 or more precisely for crimping wire terminations 2 with stripped conductor ends or with the stranded wires of a conductor 19. The hand tool 22 has a pliers-like handle 23, which is designed to move multiple die stocks toward one another, not shown. The die stocks form a depression, which coincides with the depression level and into which the wire termination 2 can be put and crimped. A magazine 1 for processing wire terminations 2 is fastened to the hand tool 22. In this case, the magazine 1 is arranged so that the conductor feed opening 18 of the magazine is positioned so that running a wire termination 2 with a plugged-in conductor into the depression is easily possible. The wire terminations 2 are introduced into the magazine 1 in continuous wire termination strips 4 and separated inside the magazine 1. Through the conductor feed opening 18, a conductor 19 can be plugged into a wire termination 2, which is placed in the mounting position. If the conductor 19 is inserted further into the conductor feed opening 18, the conductor 19 together with the wire termination 2 is routed into the depression of the hand tool 22 and ideally positioned. Using the hand tool 22, a crimping connection can then be produced between the conductor end and a wire termination 2. According to the crimping method, the conductor 19, together with the wire termination 2, is extracted from the magazine 1.

[0050] FIG. 5 shows the hand tool 22 with an unactuated handle 23, while FIG. 6 shows the hand tool with an actuated handle 23. The handle 23 is connected to the third lever arm 14, so that an actuation of the handle 23 also leads to an actuation of the third lever arm 14 and thus also to an actuation of the first lever arm 12 and the second lever arm 13 arranged in the housing 5 of the magazine 1. In this way, the separation and positioning of a wire termination 2 in the mounting position can be carried out automatically by actuating the handle 23.

[0051] FIG. 7 shows the hand tool 22 according to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 with a plugged-in conductor 19, which is crimped specifically with a wire termination 2. The wire termination strips 4 can be inserted into the magazine 1 via a feed opening 24 readily accessible from the outside. As soon as the wire termination strip 4 is brought into the area of the feed mechanism 7, the separation and positioning can be achieved by means of the handle 23.