Patent ID: 7222415

Claim:
A manual machine for attaching an insulation displacement type connector comprising: a base plate incorporated in a machine body and capable of sliding therein to reciprocate between an inoperative home position and a working position for attaching the connector, a connector rest fixed on the base plate, a housing stopper for positioning the connector lying on the rest, a housing holder for pressing the connector against the connector rest so as to hold the connector in place, a set block disposed adjacent to the rest such that a plurality of electric wires are capable of being positioned selectively with respect to their free ends or with respect to their middle portions, a wire holder disposed adjacent to the housing holder such that the wires to be attached to the connector are capable of being guided and held in place, while being arranged side by side at a prescribed given pitch, a wire stopper that is pivoted to the set block so as to swivel between an active position close to the set block and an idle position remote therefrom, and the wire stopper having a collision portion on which the wires will impinge at their free ends to be aligned one with another, and a biasing portion that will urge the wires at their middle portions towards the set block.