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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1984
Jerry C Hurst, Reading, PA (US);
John S Rizzo, Birdsboro, PA (US);
AT&T Bell Laboratories, , US;
Abstract
A column of flat articles such as chip carrier lids (10) are assembled in a tube (35). A base (18) supports a typical row of such lids (10), each with a back surface (14) on the base (18) and a mating surface (15) facing upward. The base (18) also has an aperture (30) for passing serially downward therethrough, each lid (10) with its back surface (14) facing downward. A bracket (32) having a spring biased pin (34) and a block (38) is provided to support under the base (18) a tube (35) with an open end facing upward at the aperture (30). Plates (22, 23 and 24) are provided to guide to and introduce a lid (10) into the aperture (30) and onto any contents within the tube (35). A frictional plug (45) has fins (46) biased between opposing walls of the tube (35) to yieldably resist downward movement within the tube (35). In a place and push operation, an upwardly biased pusher (48) has a pin (53) to urge a lid (10) and any contents in the tube (35) downward a distance sufficient to provide space for a subsequent lid (10) in aperture (30).