Patent ID: 6353996
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A wire positioning finger unit comprising:a positioning finger (31) having a wire guide therein (33) terminating at a wire outlet (35) in one side of said positioning finger; a pressure element (37) movable relative to said positioning finger (31) and positioned at a side of the wire outlet (35), said pressure element having a pressure surface (46, 47) located proximate the wire outlet (35) for engagement with a wire (20) fed by said positioning finger; and a cutting member (38) on the pressure element (37) at the side thereof adjacent said wire outlet; wherein said wire outlet (35) provides a counter-surface for said cutting member and wherein said pressure element is movable relative to said positioning finger (31) to assume at least three positions (I, II, III) wherein in a first position (I) the pressure surface (46, 47) is spaced from said wire outlet (35) to permit free feeding of said wire from said wire outlet; a second position (II) in which said pressure surface (46, 47) essentially forms an extension of an upper edge of said wire outlet (35); and a third position (III) in which said pressure surface is located below said wire outlet (35).