Method of forming and welding pins to

Claim 1

A METHOD OF FORMING AND WELDING A PIN TO A METAL PART, COMPRISING SUPPORTING THE METAL PART AT A SELECTED POSITION, FEEDING A WIRE LONGITUDINALLY IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PATH TOWARD THE METAL PART AND CAUSING THE FREE END OF THE WIRE TO CONTACT WITH THE METAL PART, WELDING THE FREE END OF THE WIRE TO THE METAL PART, ARRANGING BLADES HAVNG CIRCUIT EDGES AND OPPOSED PARTS ABOVE AND BELOW THE WIRE AND SPACING THE CUTTING EDGES A SELECTED DISTANCE FROM THE METAL PART SO THAT THE BLADES SEVER AT AN ASCERTAINED SEVERING POINT, EFFECTING A RELATIVE INWARD MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE BLADES AND CAUSING THE BLADES TO SEVER THE WIRE AT SAID SEVERING POINT, THEN BODILY SPACING THE CUTTING EDGES OF THE BLADES FROM THE FREE END OF THE SEVERED WIRE AND CONTINUING THE RELATIVE INWARD MOVEMENT OF THE BLADES TO BRING SAID OPPOSED PARTS TOGETHER FOR APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE END OF THE WIRE TO SPREAD THE SAME AND FORM A RELATIVELY THIN OUTER END.