Method and means for assembling capacitors

Claim 1

IN THE METHOD OF ASSEMBLING PREFORMED DIELECTRIC DISKS WITH PLURAL CONDUCTIVE COATINGS THEREON AND WIRE TERMINALS INTO COMPLETED CAPACITORS, THE STEPS OF FORMING A PAIR OF WIRES INTO STRAIGHTENED LENGTHS AT PREDETERMINED SPACING TO SERVE AS TERMINALS, MOUNTING THE PAIRS OF TERMINALS AT PREDETERMINED LONGITUDINAL SPACING FROM OTHER PAIRS OF TERMINALS ON A CONTINOUS TAPE COATED WITH ADHESIVE, THE STRAIGHTENING AND CUTTING OF THE WIRES AND THE MOUNTING THEREON OF THE TAPE OCCURING IN TIMED SEQUENCE, DELIVERING THE DISKS INDIVIDUALLY FROM A MIXED MASS TO A POSITION WITH EACH CONDUCTIVE COATING IN CONTACT WITH ONE TERMINAL AND SOLDERING THE TERMINALS TO THE COATINGS, THE DELIVERY OF THE DISKS AND SOLDERING OCCURRING IN A TIMED SEQUENCE, REMOVING GREASE FROM THE SOLDERED DISKS AND TERMINALS, FORMING BANDS OF WAX ABOUT EACH TERMINAL FOR A PORTION OF ITS LENGTH AT PREDETERMINED SPACING FROM THE DISK ATTACHED THERETO, VISUALLY INSPECTING THE SOLDERED DISK COATING AND TERMINAL JOINTS, BENDING DOWNWARD OUT OF THE PLANE OF THE TAPE INADEQUATELY SOLDERED DISKS, THE WAXING AND INSPECTION BEING UNDER CONTROL OF AN OPERATOR, PASSING THE TAPE ADJACENT A SIGNALLING STATION WHICH IS ACTUATED BY THE BENT-DOWN DISKS TO, IN TURN, ENERGIZE A CUTTER FOR CUTTING SUCH INADEQUATELY SOLDERED DISKS OFF