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Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BEND COORDINATES FOR SO BENDING LEADS OF AN AXIAL LEAD COMPONENT THAT SAID COMPONENT IS ACCURATELY MOUNTABLE BETWEEN A PAIR OF MOUNTING POINTS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) AN ELONGATED ELEMENT HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF FOR HOLDING AT LEAST A PART OF ONE OF SAID LEADS AND HAVING A SECTION THEREOF OVER WHICH A PORTION OF SAID LEAD IS BENDABLE OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID OPENING; (B) MOUNTING MEANS; (C) SAID ELONGATED ELEMENT BEING MOUNTED ON SAID MOUNTING MEANS FOR MOVEMENT SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS; (D) ADJUSTABLE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID MOUNTING MEANS AND BEING POSITIONABLE WITH RESPECT THERETO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AXIAL DIMENSION OF SAID COMPONENT AND WITH THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID MOUNTING POINTS; AND (E) MEANS COUPLED TO SAID ADJUSTABLE MEANS FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH, AND HAVING A PORTION EXTENDING INTO SAID OPENING FOR LIMITING THE LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION OF SAID OPENING WITH RESPECT TO THE POSITIONING OF SAID ADJUSTABLE MEANS.