Connector application machine

A machine for application of two-part electrical connectors to multiconductor flat cables has connector magazines for feeding connector bodies and covers to a pre-application station seriatim, and a connector pusher bar for moving a body and a cover from a pre-application station to an application station, one connector part above and one below a flat cable path through the application station. The upper connector part is supported and guided between a pair of plates, one of which has its lower edge inclined toward the opposing plate to provide support for the connector part between the plates, and the plates are resiliently movable apart to permit a platen to push the upper connector part past the inclined support edge and to press it into engagement with the flat cable and the other connector part to complete the application.