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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:
Jun. 14, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Albert W Zemek, Windsor, NY (US);
Robert H Holmes, Binghamton, NY (US);
David L Merithew, Binghamton, NY (US);
Assignee:
Universal Instruments Corporation, Binghamton, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
140105 ; 72DI / ;
Abstract
An apparatus for sequentially feeding non-axial lead electrical components in their manufacturing strips from a magazine to a forming station where they are removed, bent into a substantially axial lead configuration and taped between two pairs of continuous ribbons of tape. The leads are straightened while in the manufacturing strip by being placed under tension.