BELT APPARATUS FOR CARRYING ELEMENTS DURING TREATMENT

摘要

A BELT APPARATUS (10) IS PROVIDED FOR HOLDING STRIPS OF LEAD FRAMES (38) DURING TREATMENT. IT COMPRISES A BELT (12) AND ATTACHED CLIPS (14).THE CLIPS (14) ARE ATTACHED TO THE BELT (12) AT ONLY ONE END.THEIR FREE ENDS , BEING THE CLAMPING ENDS (36), ARE HELD AWAY FROM A FIRST SIDE OF THE BELT (12). THE BELT (12) HAS RECESSED HOLES (16) IN ITS LOWER EDGE TO ALLOW CLAMPING ENDS (36) OF THE CLIPS (14) TO BE PUSHED THROUGH TO THE SECOND SIDE . AT THE SAME TIME A STRIP (38) IS INSERTED BETWEEN THE CLAMPING ENDS (36) AND THE SECOND SIDE. WHEN THE CLAMPING ENDS (36) ARE RELEASED THEY SPRING BACK TO CLAMP THE STRIP (38) AGAINST THE SECOND SIDE.FIG.1