Apparatus for simultaneously filling recesses in a matrix or the like with a number of elongated articles

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR INSERTING ONE OR MORE ELONGATED CONDUCTORS INTO AN APERTURED COMPONENT COMPRISING A FRAME MEMBER INCLUDING A MOVABLE HOLDER FOR SUPPORTING AT LEAST ONE SAID COMPONENT, SAID FRAME MEMBER HAVING COLUMNS FOR MOVABLY GUIDING A STAND MEANS IN SPACED ALIGNED RELATION WITH SAID HOLDER, A MECHANISM FOR VIBRATING SAID STAND MEANS; SAID STAND MEANS COMPRISING A SERIES OF PLATES HAVING COOPERABLE AND COAXIAL APERTURES ALIGNED WITH SAID COMPONENT APERTURE, ONE OF SAID PLATES BEING ADJACENT SAID HOLDER AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE FUNNEL-SHAPED APERTURE THERETHROUGH, A SECOND PLATE OF SAID SERIES OF PLATES HAVING AT LEAST ONE CYLINDRICAL APERTURE THERETHROUGH, A THIRD PLATE OF SAID SERIES OF PLATES HAVING AT LEAST ONE APERTURE HAVING A WIDENING BORE CONVERGING TOWARD THE CYLINDRICAL APERTURES OF SAID SECOND PLATE, AND A FOURTH PLATE JUXTAPOSED RELATIVE TO SAID THIRD PLATE HAVING AT LEAST ONE EGG-TIMER-SHAPED BORE, SAID EGG-TIMERSHAPED BORE AND SAID WIDENING BORE DEFINING A STORAGE CHAMBER ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A PLURALITY OF SAID CONDUCTORS WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY COAXIAL WITH SAID APERTURES IN THE ALIGNED POSITION OF THE APERTURES OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH PLATES; SAID FOURTH PLATE BEING SLIDEABLY MOUNTED FOR OFFSET MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID THIRD PLATE FOR OBLIQUELY POSITIONING SAID CONDUCTORS IN THE OFFSET POSITION OF SAID THIRD AND FOURTH PLATES.