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A terminal applicator (10) is disclosed having a shut height adjustment mechanism (60) for controlling the shut height (160) of the terminal barrel crimping bar (26). The mechanism includes upper and lower adjusting members (66, 64) having opposed ramp surfaces (110, 80), the lower adjusting member

A terminal applicator (10) is disclosed having a shut height adjustment mechanism (60) for controlling the shut height (160) of the terminal barrel crimping bar (26). The mechanism includes upper and lower adjusting members (66, 64) having opposed ramp surfaces (110, 80), the lower adjusting member being attached to the tooling ram (36) and the upper adjusting member being rotationally coupled to the ram. By incrementally rotating the upper adjusting member (66), the relative spacing between a press ram (148) and the tooling ram assembly (18) can be adjusted, thereby changing the shut height (160) of the barrel crimping bar (26). The upper adjusting member includes an inner cylindrical surface (120) having serrations (122) formed therein that are engaged by resilient projections (98) that extend from an outer cylindrical surface (90) of the lower adjusting member (64). These resilient projections (98) cam out of the serrations (122) during rotation of the upper adjusting member (66), but hold the upper adjusting member in position during operation of the applicator.

대표청구항 ▼

[ We claim:] [1.] In a terminal applicator for attaching a terminal to a wire, said applicator having a base, a tooling ram coupled to said base arranged to undergo reciprocating motion along a tooling ram axis in a first direction toward said base and in a second direction away from said base, said

[ We claim:] [1.] In a terminal applicator for attaching a terminal to a wire, said applicator having a base, a tooling ram coupled to said base arranged to undergo reciprocating motion along a tooling ram axis in a first direction toward said base and in a second direction away from said base, said tooling ram being coupled to and driven by a press ram wherein said press ram and said tooling ram are in a first spaced relationship during movement in said first direction, including lower tooling attached to said base, a terminal barrel crimping bar coupled to said tooling ram, wherein said first spaced relationship defines a first shut height between said terminal barrel crimping bar and said lower tooling, a shut height adjusting mechanism for selectively adjusting said first shut height comprising:(1) an adjusting member rotationally coupled to said tooling ram and arranged for angular movement about said ram axis, said adjusting member having an inner cylindrical surface extending therefrom;(2) a fixed member attached to said ram in engagement with said adjusting member so that said angular movement changes said first spaced relationship, said fixed member having an outer cylindrical surface attached thereto coaxial with and encircled by said inner cylindrical surface;(3) a plurality of depressions in and closely spaced along substantially all of said inner cylindrical surface; and(4) a pair of diametrically opposed first projections coupled to said outer cylindrical surface, resiliently urged into engagement with respective ones of said plurality of depressions for releasably holding said adjusting member in a desired angular position.