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(11) EP 0 187 531 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.09.1987 Bulletin 1987/36

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.07.1986 Bulletin 1986/29

(21) Application number: 85309495

(22) Date of filing: 24.12.1985
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 31.12.1984 US 687621
31.12.1984 US 687622

(71) Applicant: THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION
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(72) Inventors:
  • Beck, William R.
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  • Jahn, William
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  • Koltenback, Steven R.
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  • Scharf, Robert M.
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  • Schwab, Ronald
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(54) Method and apparatus for termination of flat cable


(57) Termination of flat cable is effected with connectors fed individually from a reel having a wound substrate with connectors releasably secured thereto. The connectors are seated in a crimping device and elongate such cable is fed to the crimping device along the cable longitudinal axis. Cable guide and registration apparatus is also disclosed, as is a control system.






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