Method and device for the machine assembling of crystal diodes

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING CRYSTAL DIODES, EACH PROVIDED WITH A CATHODE PORTION AND A WHISKER ANODE PORTION, SAID CATHODE PORTION BEIND PROVIDED WITH A GLASS HOUSING, COMPRISING A ROTATABLE TURRET HAVING A ADJUSTING ZONE, A SEALING ZONE AND A COOLING ZONE, A PLURALITY OF SEALING HEADS BEING LOCATED AT THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID TURRET, EACH OF SAID SEALING HEADS INCLUDING A PAIR OF TONGS FOR HOLDING SAID CATHODE PORTION WHICH ITS CRYSTAL, A HOLDER FOR SAID WHISKER ANODE PORTION WHEREBY THE CRYSTAL OF THE CATHODE PORTION IS ALIGNED WITH SAID WHISKER, A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DISPLACEMENT OF SAID WHISKER IN THE DIRECTION OF ITS LENGTH WHEREBY THE WHISKER COMES TO BEAR ON THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID CRYSTAL WITH A FORCE SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT AND ADJUSTABLE FOR EACH HEAD, A HEATING MEMBER DISPLACEABLE ABOUT SAID WHISKER AND HEATING SAID GLASS HOUSING, MEANS FOR TESTING THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE CONTACT AND THE POINT OF THE WHISKER BEARING THEREON PRIOR TO THE HEATING MEMBER BEING MADE OPERATIVE, A PLURALITY OF TRANSPORT TRACKS ADJACENT TO SAID TURRET, A PLURALITY OF HOLDERS ADAPTED TO BE MOVABLE ON SAID TRANSPORT TRACKS AND HAVING THE CATHODE PORTIONS THEREIN, MEANS FOR TAKING SAID CATHODE PORTION OUT OF SAID HOLDERS AND PLACING THEM IN SAID SEALING HEADS, AND ANOTHER MEANS FOR TAKING EACH OF SAID ASSEMBLED CRYSTAL DIODES OUT OF SAID APPARATUS AND PLACING THEM IN SELECTED HOLDERS ON THE TRANSPORT TRACKS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING CRYSTAL DIODES, EACH PROVIDED WITH A CATHODE PORTION AND A WHISKER ANODE PORTION, SAID CATHODE PORTION BEIND PROVIDED WITH A GLASS HOUSING, COMPRISING A ROTATABLE TURRET HAVING A ADJUSTING ZONE, A SEALING ZONE AND A COOLING ZONE, A PLURALITY OF SEALING HEADS BEING LOCATED AT THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID TURRET, EACH OF SAID SEALING HEADS INCLUDING A PAIR OF TONGS FOR HOLDING SAID CATHODE PORTION WHICH ITS CRYSTAL, A HOLDER FOR SAID WHISKER ANODE PORTION WHEREBY THE CRYSTAL OF THE CATHODE PORTION IS ALIGNED WITH SAID WHISKER, A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DISPLACEMENT OF SAID WHISKER IN THE DIRECTION OF ITS LENGTH WHEREBY THE WHISKER COMES TO BEAR ON THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID CRYSTAL WITH A FORCE SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT AND ADJUSTABLE FOR EACH HEAD, A HEATING MEMBER DISPLACEABLE ABOUT SAID WHISKER AND HEATING SAID GLASS HOUSING, MEANS FOR TESTING THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE CONTACT AND THE POINT OF THE WHISKER BEARING THEREON PRIOR TO THE HEATING MEMBER BEING MADE OPERATIVE, A PLURALITY OF TRANSPORT TRACKS ADJACENT TO SAID TURRET, A PLURALITY OF HOLDERS ADAPTED TO BE MOVABLE ON SAID TRANSPORT TRACKS AND HAVING THE CATHODE PORTIONS THEREIN, MEANS FOR TAKING SAID CATHODE PORTION OUT OF SAID HOLDERS AND PLACING THEM IN SAID SEALING HEADS, AND ANOTHER MEANS FOR TAKING EACH OF SAID ASSEMBLED CRYSTAL DIODES OUT OF SAID APPARATUS AND PLACING THEM IN SELECTED HOLDERS ON THE TRANSPORT TRACKS.