Tool for inserting and extracting integrated circuits
AssigneeKing Radio Corporation
InventorGary K. Quick
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Abstract
A tool for handling integrated circuits to facilitate their installation on and extraction from circuit boards. A pair of spaced apart levers are pivotal about integral hinges in a manner to engage opposite ends of the integrated circuit. Each lever carries a pair of lugs between which the ends of the integrated circuit are gripped. The opposite end of the tool is constructed similarly although with a pair of levers that are closer together in order to handle a smaller integrated circuit.
Claims9
A tool for assisting in the insertion of an integrated circuit on a circuit board and the extraction of same from the circuit board, said tool comprising:
- a frame;
- a pair of spaced apart levers for engaging and releasing the integrated circuit each lever having a gripping portion and a movement imparting portion;
- gripping means on each lever for gripping opposite ends of the integrated circuit to facilitate insertion and extraction of same, said gripping means being located at the gripping portion of each lever;
- and
- a hinge connection associated with each lever, said hinge connection being operable to couple its associated lever in spaced apart relationship with the frame such that the gripping portion and the movement imparting portion of the lever extend outward from said hinge connection in opposite directions and to allow its associated lever to pivot about the hinge connection in response to a force applied to the movement imparting portion of the lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.