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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Moloney, Delanco, NJ (US);
Assignee:
American Tech Manufacturing, Inc., Glenolden, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
140147 ;
Abstract
In an apparatus for aligning pins of PGA devices in a predetermined array of parallel rows, a comb assembly includes a plurality of tines disposed in side-by-side spaced parallel array. Adjacent tines are spaced apart a distance greater than the maximum cross section of a pin of the PGA device and a slide mechanism actuates the PGA device through the comb assembly whereby the comb tines engage between the rows of pins in the PGA device and straighten the same by a combing action. The comb tines are oriented relative to the PGA device to engage the pins along substantially their entire length.