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Parts carrier strip and apparatus for assembling parts in such a strip

  • US 5,938,038 A
  • Filed: 08/02/1996
  • Issued: 08/17/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A parts carrier, comprising:

  • a flexible member which can be flattened into a planar strip and having a plurality of part-receiving apertures extending fully through the member wherein each aperture is defined by four wall portions, each wall portion including at least two tab portions, each tab portion being resiliently deflectable from an undeflected position while the flexible member is flattened to permit placement of a preformed part in a part-receiving aperture, each tab portion thereafter substantially returning to the undeflected position to releasably engage a recess in the part.

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