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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1979
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1977
Takeo Takayanagi, Nara, JP;
Mamoru Inoue, Katano, JP;
Satoshi Kuwano, Kawanishi, JP;
Hitoshi Minabe, Neyagawa, JP;
Shunichi Yabuzaki, Neyagawa, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for preparing a casing loaded with a plurality of articles such as small-sized electronic parts for use in the electronic industries, which ensures that the stored parts will be positively and stably aligned in the casing without the possibility of any play or disorientation from their regular positioning within the casing. The casing is provided with a single piece resilient element which is inserted into the casing, the resilient element being designed to resiliently expand against the inner wall surface of the casing to frictionally engage therewith. Thereafter, a plurality of parts are inserted one after another into the casing so that they become stacked in a serially aligned manner inside the casing against the resilient force of the resilient element, thus preparing a casing loaded with a plurality of parts therein stacked in a serially end-to-end resting state. If desired, another resilient element may be inserted into the casing onto the lastly fed part so that the parts stored within the casing may be positively held in their original position.