Component insertion machine

Claim 1

A COMPONENT INSERTION MACHINE FOR ATTACHING COMPONENTS TO PRINTED WIRING BOARDS WHEREIN THE LEADS OF THE COMPONENTS EXTEND THROUGH THE BOARDS COMPRISING: BASE MEANS, DRIVING MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID BASE MEANS, MEANS INCLUDING A TRACK THEREIN MOUNTED IN SAID BASE MEANS, FIRST AND SECOND BLOCK MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID TRACK, SAID FIRST AND SECOND BLOCK MEANS EACH INCLUDING A ROLLER THEREON, FIRST AND SECOND LEVER MEANS MOUNTED TO SAID BASE MEANS IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER, SAID FIRST AND SECOND LEVER MEANS EACH BEING CONNECTED TO ITS RESPECTIVE FIRST AND SECOND BLOCK MEANS, LINKAGE MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID DRIVING MEANS WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND LEVER MEANS AND OPERABLE, UPON ACTIVATION OF SAID DRIVING MEANS, TO MOVE THE FIRST AND SECOND BLOCK MEANS EACH IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION, THE ROLLERS THEREON ENGAGING THE RESPECTIVE LEADS OF A COMPONENT TO BEND THE LEADS IN RESPECTIVE PREDETERMINED DIRECTIONS AND CLINCH THEM TO A SURFACE OF THE PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND MEANS FOR MODIFYING THE OPERATION OF THE LINKAGE MEANS SO THAT THE FIRST BLOCK MEANS IS MOVED IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE PREDETERMINED DIRECTION CAUSING THE ROLLER THEREON TO BEND AND CLINCH ONE LEAD OF A COMPONENT IN THE SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHILE THE ROLLER ON THE SECOND BLOCK MEANS BENDS AND CLINCHES THE OTHER COMPONENTS LEAD IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION.