Flat-pack lead bending device

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR BENDING LEADS OF A FLAT-PACK MICROCIRCUIT MODULE HAVING A FLAT RECTANGULAR CASE AND A PLURALITY OF STRAIGHT OUTPUT LEADS IN DUAL PARALLEL ARRAYS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM OPPOSITE SIDES EDGES OF SUCH CASE, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING, A FIXED MEMBER HAVING HORIZONTAL LEAD-SUPPORT SURFACES OF A WIDTH LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF THE FLAT-PACK LEADS, A RECESS BETWEEN SUCH LEADSUPPORT SURFACES OF A DEPTH SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE A FLAT-PACK CASE WHILE ITS LEADS LIE ON AND PROJECT BEYOND SAID LEAD-SUPPORT SURFACES AND OF A WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID CASE, LEAD-FORMING SURFACES EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID LEAD-SUPPORT SURFACES, CLAMPING-MEMBER GUIDE SHOULDERS BEYOND OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID LEAD-SUPPORT SURFACES AND EXTENDING ABOVE AND WITHIN THE WIDTH SPAN THEREOF AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF SID RECESS, AND BENDING-ROLLER GUIDE SHOULDERS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID LEAD-FORMING SURFACES AND VERTICALLY THEREALONG INTO EXTENSION ABOVE THE PLANE OF SAID LEAD-SUPPORT SURFACES; A LEADCLAMPING MEMBER OF INVERTED U-SHAPE IN CROSS SECTION INSERTABLE DOWNWARDLY BETWEEN SAID CLAMPING-MEMBER GUIDE SHOULDERS AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS INTO ABUTMENT WITH FLAT-PACK LEADS LYING ON SAID LEAD-SUPPORT SURFACES, WHILE STRADDLING A FLAT-PACK CASE FROM WHICH SUCH LEADS EXTEND; AND BENDING ROLLER MEANS INSERTABLE DOWNWARDLY BETWEEN THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID BENDING-ROLLER GUIDE SHOULDERS INTO ROLLING ENGAGEMENT WITH ENDS OF FLAT-PACK LEADS PROJECTING BEYOND SAID LEAD-SUPPORT SURFACES FOR DEFLECTION OF SUCH LEADS INTO PROGRESSIVE CONTACT WITH SAID LEADFORMING SURFACES.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR BENDING LEADS OF A FLAT-PACK MICROCIRCUIT MODULE HAVING A FLAT RECTANGULAR CASE AND A PLURALITY OF STRAIGHT OUTPUT LEADS IN DUAL PARALLEL ARRAYS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM OPPOSITE SIDES EDGES OF SUCH CASE, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING, A FIXED MEMBER HAVING HORIZONTAL LEAD-SUPPORT SURFACES OF A WIDTH LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF THE FLAT-PACK LEADS, A RECESS BETWEEN SUCH LEADSUPPORT SURFACES OF A DEPTH SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE A FLAT-PACK CASE WHILE ITS LEADS LIE ON AND PROJECT BEYOND SAID LEAD-SUPPORT SURFACES AND OF A WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID CASE, LEAD-FORMING SURFACES EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID LEAD-SUPPORT SURFACES, CLAMPING-MEMBER GUIDE SHOULDERS BEYOND OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID LEAD-SUPPORT SURFACES AND EXTENDING ABOVE AND WITHIN THE WIDTH SPAN THEREOF AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF SID RECESS, AND BENDING-ROLLER GUIDE SHOULDERS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID LEAD-FORMING SURFACES AND VERTICALLY THEREALONG INTO EXTENSION ABOVE THE PLANE OF SAID LEAD-SUPPORT SURFACES; A LEADCLAMPING MEMBER OF INVERTED U-SHAPE IN CROSS SECTION INSERTABLE DOWNWARDLY BETWEEN SAID CLAMPING-MEMBER GUIDE SHOULDERS AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS INTO ABUTMENT WITH FLAT-PACK LEADS LYING ON SAID LEAD-SUPPORT SURFACES, WHILE STRADDLING A FLAT-PACK CASE FROM WHICH SUCH LEADS EXTEND; AND BENDING ROLLER MEANS INSERTABLE DOWNWARDLY BETWEEN THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID BENDING-ROLLER GUIDE SHOULDERS INTO ROLLING ENGAGEMENT WITH ENDS OF FLAT-PACK LEADS PROJECTING BEYOND SAID LEAD-SUPPORT SURFACES FOR DEFLECTION OF SUCH LEADS INTO PROGRESSIVE CONTACT WITH SAID LEADFORMING SURFACES.