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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1988
William A Elliott, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Richard A Greene, Pickerington, OH (US);
Robert P Kennedy, Columbus, OH (US);
Robert P Poe, Jr, Columbus, OH (US);
William H Steece, Columbus, OH (US);
American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T-Technologies Inc., Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for loading components into a component insertion machine. The aratus comprises structure releasably mounted on component magazine loading apparatus to retain components in component magazines received by and aligned in the component magazine loading apparatus. The structure is removable after installation of the component loading apparatus on the component insertion machine to enable components to be selected by the component insertion machine from the component magazines.