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Fusing machine, method and electrode set

  • US 4,650,948 A
  • Filed: 12/29/1983
  • Issued: 03/17/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A fusing machine, comprising:

  • (a) a base;

    (b) a support post extending upwardly from said base;

    (c) a lower electrode subassembly mounted on said support post, said lower electrode subassembly including a first electrode which defines a fusing station;

    (d) an upper electrode subassembly mounted on said support post above said lower electrode subassembly, said upper electrode subassembly including a second electrode movable toward and away from said first electrode in a direction generally parallel to said support post;

    (e) electrode actuator means for moving said second electrode toward said first electrode to engage wires between said electrodes for fusing and moving said second electrode away from said first electrode;

    (f) a cutter subassembly including first and second cutting members, said cutter subassembly being mounted on said support post for rotary movement about said support post between a cutting position in which said cutter subassembly is adjacent said fusing station and a non-cutting position in which said cutter subassembly is remote from said fusing station;

    (g) lock means for selectively securing said cutter subassembly either in said cutting position or in said non-cutting position; and

    (h) cutter actuation means for moving said first and second cutting members relative to one another when said cutter subassembly is in said cutting position to shear wires which have been fused together at said fusing station without removing the fused wires from said fusing station prior to cutting them,whereby the machine can be operated either to provide both cutting and fusing action with said cutter subassembly in said cutting position or to provide fusing action without cutting action with said cutter subassembly in said non-cutting position.

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