Magazine for supporting a plurality of electrical devices and apparatus for making electrical contact to devices supported therein

Claim 1

A MAGAZINE FOR REMOVABLY SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL DEVICES EACH HAVING A PLURALITY OF LEADS EMERGING FROM A SURFACE OF THE DEVICE IN SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP AND EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT PLANAR SUPPORT PLATE OF INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING AN EDGE SURFACE, A PLURALITY OF EQUALLY SPACED DEVICE POSITIONS ARRANGED IN A STRAIGHT LINE ALONG THE EDGE SURFACE OF THE SUPPORT PLATE, LEAD RETAINING PLATES OF INSULATING MATERIAL ON THE OPPOSITE MAJOR SURFACES OF SAID SUPPORT PLATE, LEAD RECEIVING PASSAGES INTERMEDIATE SAID SUPPORT PLATE AND SAID LEAD RETAINING PLATES AT EACH OF SAID DEVICE POSITIONS EXTENDING GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR OF THE EDGE SURFACE AND PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER FOR REMOVABLY RECEIVING THE LEADS OF THE DEVICE WITH THE LEADS STRADDLING THE SUPPORT PLATE AND THE SURFACE OF THE DEVICE ADJACENT THE EDGE SURFACE OF THE SUPPORT PLATE, AN EDGE SURFACE OF EACH OF THE LEAD RETAINING PLATES LYING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE EDGE SURFACE OF THE SUPPORT PLATE TO EXPOSE A PORTION OF EACH OF THE OPPOSITE MAJOR SURFACES OF THE SUPPORT PLATE, AND A LEAD ACCESS CHANNEL IN EACH OPPOSITE MAJOR SURFACER OF THE SUPPORT PLATE EXTENDING ALONG THE SUPPORT PLATE ADJACENT THE EDGE SURFACE OF THE LEAD RETAINING PLATE FOR EXPOSING A PORTION OF EACH LEAD OF EACH DEVICE SUPPORTED IN THE MAGAZINE TO ENABLE ELECTRICAL CONTACT TO BE MADE THERETO.