Apparatus for machining components containing integrated circuits

Apparatus for machining, particularly straightening and cutting leads of electronic components containing integrated circuits, with a component supply and removal and a working area, in which the components are machined by tools, characterized in that means are provided for conveying the electronic components into the working area, said conveying means including a driver displaceable along an operating path, support means for pivotably supporting the driver, a locking means is provided in the operating path of the driver, said driver sliding into contact with and past the locking means in the operating path while conveying a first electronic component into the working area by pushing back the locking means out of said operating path, whereas, during a return travel of said driver, the locking means is not pushed back out of the operating path of said driver, but instead deflects the driver by pivoting it about said support means into a pivot position in which the driver moves above a second electronic component to be conveyed into the working area.