摘要 |
<p>A container for loosely housing dual-in-line components 4 comprises an elongate tubular member 1. The tubular member is substantially U-shaped in cross-section and includes a hollow central portion 2 for receiving the body of the components, and flanking portions 3 for receiving the legs 5 of the components. The tubular member is so shaped that the components can only touch the tubular member in certain predetermined locations 8, 9, 10, and to protect the components from static discharges on contacting the container, only these locations need be made conductive, the remainder of the container being of transparent plastic. In one embodiment the container may be provided with conducting ribs (13) on the outside so that when two such containers come into contact it is not possible for two non-conducting parts to come into contact so generating static.</p> |