Abstract:
LOWER JAW MEMBERS OF PAIRS OF UPPER AND LOWER OPPOSED JAW MEMBERS ARE MOVED RELATIVE TO SAID UPPER JAW MEMBERS AND THROUGH SLOTS IN A CARRIER HOLDING A PLURALITY OF DIODES HAVING LEADS DEPENDING THEREFROM TO GRASP AN OVERLAY STRIP AND MOVES THE OVERLAY STRIP AWAY FROM THE DIODES. A SLOTTED MAGNETIC CAMMING BAR IS MOVED INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LEADS TO SPACE AND HOLD THE LEADS IN ALIGNMENT WITH APERTURES IN A HANDLING RACK. THE HANDLING RACK IS MANIPULATED TO MOVE THE LEADS INTO THE APERTURES AND THEN TO SLIDE THE DIODES ALONG THE SLOTTED OPENINGS AND OFF THE CARRIER.
Abstract:
METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR SEALING A TUBULATION EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM, AND ATTACHED TO, AN ARTICLE WHICH IS SUPPORTED ON A CONVEYOR, IN WHICH A SPRING-LOAD MAGNETIC CHUCK ATTRACTS THE FREE END OF THE TUBULATION AND HOLDS THE ARTICLE SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE CONVEYOR. FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED MEMBERS ARE MOVED TOWARD EACH OTHER TO PINCH SEAL THE TUBULATION WITH THE AXIAL ELONGATION OF THE TUBULATION IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS TAKEN UP BY THE MAGNETIC CHUCK PUSHED UPWARDLY AGAINST THE SPRING AND THE ARTICLE MOVING DOWNWARDLY TOWARD THE CONVEYOR.