Claims
- 1. In combination a hand tool for inserting contacts into an apertured circuit element and an apparatus for loading electrical contacts into said hand tool, the loading apparatus comprising: a support; a track on the support for a strip of contacts; cam operated slides on the support, said slides having parts thereon for successively advancing the strip, and severing a contact; a guide block mounted on the support and provided with a through channel beneath the location where a contact is severed; a fixture on the support for holding said hand tool with one end of said hand tool resting on the fixture and the other end beneath said channel, said hand tool having a passage for receiving a plurality of contacts and said passage having an inlet beneath said channel when said hand tool is on said fixture.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a division of my co-pending application, Ser. No. 782,013, filed Mar. 28, 1977, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,077,117, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of my copending application Ser. No. 662,549, filed Mar. 1, 1976 now abandoned.
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