Apparatus for assembling parts

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING PARTS COMPRISING A FRAME MEMBER, A MOUNTING HEAD ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A MOUNTING PLATE, SAID HEAD BEING SUPPORTED ON SAID FRAME FOR STEPWISE RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT IN A PLANE, SAID MOUNTING HEAD HAVING MEANS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS IN SAID HEAD, EACH SAID OPENING BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE ONE OF A SERIES OF PARTS TO BE ASSEMBLED, AN ELONGATED PARTS HOLDER, MEANS IN SAID FRAME FOR SUPPORTING SAID HOLDER FOR SLIDING STEPWISE LINEAL MOVEMENT SUBSTANTIALLY ORTHOGONALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID PLANE, MEANS FOR IMPARTING MOVEMENT ALTERNATELY TO SAID HEAD AND HLDER IN TIMED RELATION, SAID ELONGATED PARTS HOLDER HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONFIGURED RECESSES FOR SUPPORTING A SERIES OF PARTS TO BE SUCCESSIVELY ASSEMBLED IN SAID HEAD, EACH SUCCESSIVE RECESS BEING ADAPTED TO HOLD AN ELECTRIC COMPONENT OF AN ELECTRIC ASSEMBLY AND TO BE SUCCESSIVELY ALIGNED WITH SAID MOUNTING HEAD BY SAID MEANS FOR IMPARTING MOVEMENT TO SAID PARTS HOLDER, SAID PARTS HOLDER HAVING MEANS DEFINING PRESCRIBED DEPTHS IN SAID RECESS, SAID RECESSES BEING ARRANGED FOR FREELY RECEIVING IN AN INVERTED POSITION EACH PART OF THE SERIES OF PARTS TO BE INSERTED IN SAID HEAD.