Transistor preparation machine

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR STRAIGHTENING AND TRIMMING THE LEADS OF TRANSISTORS HAVING THREE LEADS PROJECTING FROM THE BASE OF THE CAN THEREOF IN A TRIANGULAR CONFIGURATION, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING A FIRST PRE-STRAIGHTENING STATION AND A SECOND STRAIGHTENING AND CUT-OFF STATION EACH MOVABLE BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS, TRACK MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN ALIGNED SUPPLY OF TRANSISTORS FOR MOVEMENT THEREALONG AND INCLUDING PORTIONS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID STATIONS, SAID TRACK MEANS INCLUDING A CHANNEL IN WHICH THE CAN IS RECEIVED AND COVER MEANS SECURED TO THE OPEN SIDE OF THE CHANNEL FORMING A LONGITUDINAL SLOT BETWEEN WHICH THE LEADS PROJECT FORWARDLY WITH TWO OF THE LEADS SLIDABLE ALONG ONE SIDE OF THE SLOT AND THE THIRD LEAD SLIDABLE ALONG THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SLOT, STOP MEANS AT EACH OF SAID STATIONS MOVABLE INTO AND OUT OF BLOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TRANSISTORS, SAID FIRST STATION COMPRISING MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY GRIPPING THE SIDES OF THE CAN AND RESILIENTLY URGING THE BASE OF THE CAN AGAINST SAID TRACK COVER MEANS, MEANS FOR THEREAFTER LOOSELY ENCIRCLING AND COMBING EACH OF THE LEADS FORWARDLY OVER A PREDETERMINED LENGTH THEREOF IN A DIRECTION APPROXIMATELY PERPENDICULAR TO THE BASE OF THE CAN, SAID SECOND STATION INCLUDING MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY GRIPPING THE SIDES OF THE CAN AND RESILIENTLY