APPARATUS FOR STRAIGHTENING AXIAL LEADED COMPONENTS

摘要

A co-axial lead straightening apparatus has a pair of conically shaped shoes selectively positioned adjacent to a pair of rotatably mounted frustum shaped drums. At a discharge end, the distance between each shoe and its respective drum is held constant along the length of the drum and at a receiving end, the distance between each shoe and its respective drum increases from the base of the drum to the top of the drum. Bent leads of co-axial lead components moved between the drums and shoes at the receiving end are rotated through decreasing distances between the drums and shoes as the component is displaced from the receiving end to the discharge end to straighten the leads.