Mold for encapsulating electrical components

Claim 1

A TWO-STAGE MOLD FOR ENCAPSULATING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS HAVING LEADS COMPRISING, TWO ANGLE MEMBERS DETACHABLY SECURED TOGETHER TO FORM A CAVITY MOLD HAVING A RECTANGULAR CAVITY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM THEREOF, EACH OF SAID ANGLE MEMBERS BEING PROVIDED WITH A SPRUE AND A GATE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CAVITY, A TOP PLATE AND A BOTTOM PLATE ADAPTED TO BE DETACHABLY SECURED TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM RESPECTIVELY OF SAID CAVITY MOLD IN A FIRST-STAGE MOLDING OPERATION, EACH PLATE HAVING A PAD ON ONE SURFACE MATING WITH AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND INTO SAID CAVITY TO DEFINE UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES OF A CARRIER BLOCK TO BE MOLDED THEREIN FOR CONTAINING SAID ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, SAID TOP PLATE HAVING POURING HOLES IN LINE WITH SAID SPRUES AND APERTURES EXTENDING THROUGH ITS ASSOCIATED PAD, A PLURALITY OF CORES EACH PROVIDED WITH A PILOT PIN AND EACH TO BE POSITIONED IN SAID CAVITY BY INSERTION OF ITS PILOT PIN INTO ONE OF SAID APERTURES IN SAID PAD, AND SUPPLEMENTAL TOP AND BOTTOM PLATES EACH OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING LOW-FRICTION MATERIAL ADAPTED TO BE DETACHABLY SECURED TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM RESPECTIVELY OF SAID CAVITY MOLD AFTER SAID FIRST MENTIONED TOP AND BOTTOM PLATES HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO DEFINE UPPER AND LOWER LAMINAR EXTENSIONS OF SAID UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES, FOR USE IN A SECOND-STAGE MOLDING OPERATION, SAID SUPPLEMENTAL TOP PLATE HAVING POURING HOLES IN LINE WITH SAID SPRUES AND BOTH OF SAID SUPPLEMENTAL PLATES HAVING SPACED APART APERTURES THEREIN FOR GUIDING RESPECTIVE ONES OF LEADS OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS TO BE INSERTED INTO SAID CAVITY MOLD AND FOR INSULATING SAID LEADS ONE FROM ANOTHER.