Microchip storage tape

A tape for accommodating microchips having outwardly projecting leads comprising:

• an elongated strip member having at least one recess for storing a microchip, the recess having bottom walls, an open top, side walls and end walls, said side walls and end walls being joined to a bottom wall, the bottom wall having first means comprising a plurality of upwardly directed ridges surrounding the center portion of the recess engageable with the microchip to retain the microchip within a center portion of the recess, said ridges being laterally spaced from the side walls and end walls of the recess thereby spacing the leads of the microchip inwardly from the side walls and end walls, the ridges are inverted V-shaped members, each inverted V-shaped member having upwardly and inwardly inclined ends, and second means connected to the first means for supporting the microchip in an elevated position above the bottom wall whereby the leads of the microchip are spaced above the bottom wall and extend outwardly of the first means thereby holding the microchip in an elevated position above the bottom wall with the leads of the microchip spaced inwardly from the side walls and end walls of the strip member.

A tape of accommodating microchips having outwardly projecting leads comprising:

• an elongated strip member having at least one recess for storing a microchip, the recess having a bottom wall, an open top, side walls and end walls said side walls, and end walls being joined to said bottom wall, the bottom wall having first means engageable with the microchip to retain the microchip within a center portion of the recess thereby spacing the leads of the microchip inwardly from the side walls and end walls, said first means having ends, and second means connected to the first means and extended angularly between ends of the first means fur supporting the microchip in an elevated position above the bottom wall whereby the leads of the microchip are spaced above the bottom wall and extend outwardly of the first means thereby holding the microchip in an elevated position above the bottom wall with the leads of the microchip spaced inwardly from the side walls and end walls of the strip member.

A tape for accommodating microchips having outwardly projecting leads comprising:

• an elongated strip member having at least one recess for storing the microchip, the recess having a bottom wall, an open top, side walls and end walls, said side walls and end walls being joined to said bottom wall, the bottom wall having first means engageable with the microchip to retain the microchip within a center portion of the recess thereby spacing the leads of the microchip inwardly from the side walls and end walls, said first means having ends, and second means connected to the first means for supporting the microchip in an elevated position above the bottom wall, said second means comprising:
• a plurality of support members extending angularly between the ends of the first means, each support member having a top wall located above the bottom wall whereby the leads of the microchip are spaced above the bottom wall and extend outwardly of the first means thereby holding the microchip in an elevated position above the bottom wall with the leads of the microchip spaced inwardly from the side walls and end walls of the strip member.

A tape for accommodating at least one microchip having projecting leads comprising:

• an elongated strip member having a plurality of generally rectangular laterally spaced recesses therein, each recess having an open top, side walls and end walls joined to a bottom wall, the bottom wall having first ridge means extending parallel to the side walls and second ridge means extending parallel to the end walls, the first ridge means located outwardly from the second ridge means, the first and second ridge means engageable with the microchip to retain the microchip within a center portion of the recess thereby spacing the leads of the microchip inwardly from the side walls and end walls, and support means extending between the first and second ridge means for supporting the microchip in an elevated position above the bottom wall whereby the leads of the microchip are spaced upwardly from the bottom wall and the first and second ridge means.

A tape for accommodating at least one microchip having projecting leads and ears comprising:

• an elongated strip member having at least one recess for storing the microchip, the recess having an open top, side walls and end walls joined to a bottom wall, the side walls and end wall engageable with the ears of the microchip to retain the microchip within the recess, and support means for supporting the ears of the microchip whereby the microchip is located in an elevated position above the bottom wall and the leads of the microchip are spaced inwardly from the support means, side walls and end walls and upwardly from the bottom wall.