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Dip component lead cut and clinch apparatus

US4151637A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 7, 1978
Grant dateMay 1, 1979
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53065
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for simultaneously cutting and clinching both parallel rows of leads of DIP type electronic components. The apparatus operating adjacent the undersurface of a printed circuit board into which component leads have been inserted includes a cutter capable of clinching the lead rows either inward toward each other or outward.

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