Apparatus for handling connectors

An article of manufacture comprising a plurality of resilient wire connector members, each formed of an integral piece of wire bent to comprise a pair of legs extending generally parallel to each other and an integral, reverse-bent part joining said legs together at one end thereof, the other end of each of said legs being free;

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• a holder for a plurality of said wire members and comprising:
• a body portion comprising a pair of substantially parallel side walls having surfaces facing toward each other, each of said walls having parallel grooves in the facing surface thereof aligned with corresponding ones of said grooves in the facing surface of the other of said walls to comprise an aligned pair of grooves, said walls being spaced apart by a distance slightly less than the normal distance across said pair of legs to the outermost part of the surfaces of said legs, each of said wire members being firmly but releasably held by the inner surfaces of one of said aligned pairs of grooves pressing in opposite directions on said legs of the respective wire member, said holder further comprising means between said side walls and parallel thereto to engage the reverse-bent part of said wire members and provide alignment of the relative positions of all of said wire members in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said grooves.