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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1974
Ralph A Morrison, Topsfield, MA (US);
Waldo B Hanson, Rowley, MA (US);
USM Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A reciprocable member for inserting the leads of electronic components into preformed holes of circuit boards and the like is provided with a hold-down means cooperative with an inside former whereby portions of the leads are predeterminedly positioned and clamped during trimming and stand-off formation and then, at a later stage of an operating cycle, allows the member to insert the cut leads up to the stand-off formation. A mounting machine also desirably includes an inside former of improved configuration inducing lead retention in an outside former, and mechanism whereby the bodies of successive overlapping tape-fed components to be mounted are uniformly positioned for such lead clamping, forming and insertion.