Patent ID: 7516541

Claim:
A terminal inserting apparatus, in which a connector housing is held in a holding jig and inserts a terminal, connected with an electric wire, into a terminal receiving chamber of the connector housing, comprising: a plurality of holding jigs; a jig mounting unit on which the plurality of said holding jigs is mounted; an inserting unit for mounting any one holding jig of the plurality of holding jigs thereon and inserting the terminal into the terminal receiving chamber of the connector housing held in said any one holding jig; and a jig transporting unit for picking up one holding jig of the plurality of holding jigs mounted on the jig mounting unit from said jig mounting unit, and transporting the one holding jig to said inserting unit, wherein the plurality of holding jigs each having a plurality positioning holes arranged at each side wall, a slide member and a coil spring, said holding jigs mounted on the jig mounting unit is arranged in a straight line, and said jig transporting unit includes a pulling-out unit moving freely both in a first direction parallel to the straight line where the plurality holding jigs is arranged and in a second direction intersecting with the first direction , and penetration through the jig mounting unit to pushup one holding jig of the plurality of the holding jigs for pulling out one of the holding jig from the jig mounting unit.