Component lead cutting and bending apparatus
Abstract
Abstract A DEVICE FOR RAPIDLY CUTTING AND BENDING THE LEADS OF AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT SO THAT THE COMPONENT IS READY FOR PLACEMENT ON A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD. THE APPARATUS INCLUDES A MOVEABLE BLADE ANDA STATIONARY BLADE FOR CUTTING, THE MOVEABLE BLADE ALONE FOR BENDING, AND A COMPONENTHOLDER WHICH IS CAPABLE OF HOLDING A PLURALITY OF COMPONENTS. AFTER THE LEADS OF THE COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN CUT AND BENT, AN EJECTOR SYSTEM PROVIDES AMPLE SPACE FOR THE COMPONENTS TO BE REMOVED BY STRIKING THE BENT LEADS WITH AN EJECTOR BAR AFTER HAVING MOVED THE COMPONENT HOLDER AWAY FROM THE COMPONENTS TO PROVIDE SPACE SO THAT THE COMPONENTS ARE ABLE TO FALL TO A TRAY AT THE BOTTOM AFTER HAVING BEEN REMOVED FROM A CENTER BLOCK ABOUT WHICH LEADS HAD BEEN FORMED BY THE ACTION OF THE EJECTOR BAR. D R A W I N G
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- 👤 M Greeninger
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