TRAY FOR A COMPONENT AND AN APPARATUS FOR ACCURATELY PLACING A COMPONENT WITHIN THE TRAY

摘要

A tray for housing integrated circuit components or chips and an apparatus for transporting the chips to the tray from a bulk supply of chips. The tray protects the chip against damage during handling, storage and shipping, can be readily and repeatedly connected to another like tray in a releasable manner and is designed for positive alignment with respect to the apparatus. The apparatus is manually activated and readily transports the chip without damage.