Stand up insertion heads

Claim 1

A HEAD FOR SHAPING A RESISTOR HAVING A BODY AND OPPOSITELY DIRECTED WIRE LEADS, COMPRISING: A FRAME; A MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A FORMING POSITION AND A RELEASING POSITION; MEANS COMPRISING AN ABUTMENT EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID MEMBER AND A PIVOTED ARM ON SAID FRAME FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING SAID RESISTOR WITH ONE LEAD EXTENDING ACROSS SAID ABUTMENT AND THE OTHER LEAD EXTENDING ACROSS SAID ARM WHEN SAID MEMBER IS IN ITS FORMING POSITION; A MECHANISM INCLUDING A SLIDE AND A RAM SLIDABLE ON SAID FRAME PAST SAID ABUTMENT; MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF FINGERS ON SAID SLIDE FOR BENDING SAID ONE LEAD GENERALLY USHAPE AS SAID MECHANISM MOVES IN ONE DIRECTION PAST SAID ABUTMENT TO SHAPE SAID RESISTOR, AND FOR HOLDING THE SHAPED RESISTOR, SAID FINGERS BEING POSITIONED ON THE SLIDE TO MOVE ALONG OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID ABUTMENT WITH ONE FINGER ENGAGING A LEAD AND THE OTHER FINGER BEING SPACED A GREATER DISTANCE FROM THE ABUTMENT TO ENGAGE THE RESISTOR BODY AND PLACE SAID BODY BETWEEN THE LATTER FINGER AND SAID ABUTMENT; AND MEANS ON SAID RAM FOR MOVING SAID MEMBER TO ITS RELEASING POSITION TO RELEASE SAID SHAPED RESISTOR, AND FOR DISCHARGING SAID RESISTOR FROM SAID FINGER AS SAID RAM MOVES IN SAID ONE DIRECTION.