Washer aligning and placing tool

An apparatus for the assembly of components, having a hole therethrough, onto the pins of a structure having a plurality of said pins positioned in a predetermined manner on a base, comprising:

• a jig having extending therethrough a plurality of apertures positioned in an identical pattern to the pattern of said pins, said apertures extending through said jig and having a dimension sufficiently large to admit said components;
• means for loading said components into said apertures;
• and
• a slideably removable furcated element adapted to fit and disposed below and in contact with said jig, said element having slots formed between said furcations, said slots extending longitudinally from one end of said element to a point near the opposite end of said element and having a width smaller than said components but sufficiently large to admit said pins, thereby preventing said components from falling through said apertures, said slots disposed within said element such that when said element is in place below said jig and said jig and element are placed over said structure and in contact therewith, said pins extend through said slots and said holes of said components, such that when said element is removed by laterally pulling said element from said jig in a direction parallel to said slots, said components retained in said apertures by said element fall onto said pins.