LEAD SUPPLY APPARATUS

PURPOSE:To certainly and automatically eliminate mischarge lead by the process that a charge head stops temporarily, while it is moving upward, just before the reverse lead and bending lead is removed and a mischarge lead removing bar passes under the magnetized condition. CONSTITUTION:When a lead jig 8 stops at the lead charge station, a charge head 9 holding lead 7 moves downward, causing a receiving hole 20 to be placed, in the proximity, face to face with a supporting hole 16 corresponding to lead jig 8. The vacuum condition is destroyed and internal pressure is reduced to a normal pressure. The lead 7 drops by its own weight, inserting the small diameter part 12 into the supporting hole 16 of lead jig 8. The charge head 9 moves upward and stops after moving the distance l above the lead jig 8. The moving mechanism 25 operates, an removing bar 25 consisting of an electromagnet moves under the magnetized condition, a bending lead 13 and a reverse lead 11 which is held and extended by the charge head 9 are sent out and held by absorption. When the removing bar 25 is sufficiently separated from the lead jig 8, it is non-magnetized.