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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1980
Kazuhiro Mori, Katano, JP;
Hiroshi Nakagawa, Katano, JP;
Yoshihiko Misawa, Katano, JP;
Kiyoshi Mayahara, Kadoma, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A component inserting apparatus for inserting electrical and electronic components into printed circuit boards includes a chuck element for gripping a body portion of a component having a plurality of lead wires extending outwardly therefrom in the same direction, an insertion guide member which contacts outer sides of each of the lead wires so as to regulate the lead wires to be positioned at predetermined positions, thereby to guide the lead wires into corresponding openings formed in the circuit board, a vertically movable guide shaft member for rotatably supporting the insertion guide member, and an insertion shaft member coupled with the chuck element so as to be movable in the same direction as the guide shaft member and also relatively with respect to the guide shaft member.