Tool for removing and replacing integrated circuit flat pack modules

Claim 2

A tool for removing and replacing integrated circuit flat pack modules having an elongated body with longitudinally spaced pairs of transversely spaced connector prongs projecting from opposite sides of said body, said tool comprising a plierlike device including a pair of pivotally connected opposing jaws movable toward and away from each other, said jaws being formed with flat, opposed outer wall surfaces which are substantially parallel to each other when the jaws are closed, complemental opposing transverse recesses defining a space for reception of a module body so that the latter may be clampingly held in said space between the jaws when the jaws are closed, said jaws also being formed with a plurality of pairs of spaced parallel aligned slots which extend substantially at right angles to the outer wall surfaces and which communicate with said recesses and separate the jaws into a plurality of spaced and aligned parallel jaw members comprising flat plates, the spacing of said plates being such that they may fit into spaces between pairs of connector prongs of a module body while the prongs project outwardly from said jaws through said slots.

Claim 3

The tool as defined in claim 1 which is formed from electrically nonconductive material.

Claim 4

A tool for removing and replacing integrated circuit flat pack modules having an elongated body with longitudinally spaced pairs of transversely spaced connector prongs projecting from opposite sides of said body, said tool comprising a plierlike device including a pair of pivotally connected opposing jaws movable toward and away from each other, said jaws being formed with curved complemental opposing recesses defining a space for reception of a module body so that the latter may be clampingly held in said space between the jaws when the jaws are closed, said jaws also being formed with aligned slots which communicate with said recesses and separate the jaws into spaced and aligned jaw members, the spacing of said jaw members being such that they may fit into spaces between pairs of connector prongs of a module body while the prongs project outwardly from said jaws through said slots said jaw members having wedge shaped profiles which terminate in pointed extremities, the inner portions of said extremities being curved to conform to the curvature of said recesses and the outer portions inclining inwardly toward the recesses so as to form a V-shaped notch in the jaws approaching the closed position, the jaw recesses being of sufficient size with reference to the size of the module to allow movement of the module bodily therein whereby as the jaws are pressed between a circuit bar and a module, the module is moved away from the circuit bar sockets.

Claim 5

A tool for removing and replacing integrated circuit flat pack modules having an elongated body with longitudinally spaced pairs of transversely spaced connector prongs projecting from opposite sides of said body, said tool comprising a plierlike device including a pair of pivotally connected opposing jaws movable toward and away from each other, said jaws being formed with curved complemental opposing recesses defining a space for reception of a module body so that the latter may be clampingly held in said space between the jaws when the jaws are closed, said jaws also being formed with aligned slots which communicate with said recesses and separate the jaws into spaced and aligned jaw members, the spacing of said jaw members being such that they may fit into spaces between pairs of connector prongs of a module body while the prongs project outwardly from said jaws through said slots said jaw members having wedge shaped profiles which terminate in pointed extremities, the inner portions of said extremities being curved to conform to the curvature of said recesses and the outer portions inclining inwardly toward the recesses so as to form a V-shaped notch in the jaws approaching the closed position, the jaw recesses being of sufficient size with reference to the size of the module to allow movement of the module bodily therein whereby as the jaws are pressed between a circuit bar and a module, the module is moved away from the circuit bar sockets.