Patent ID: 7128817

Claim:
A feed belt for strip-shaped elements in an automated large-scale in-line process including plating, deflashing and other various treatments for mass production of semiconductors or other products, comprising: a belt body; and a plurality of fingers, the fingers being previously fabricated and coupled to the belt body at constant pitches, wherein the belt body includes fitting openings and slits formed at one side of the fitting openings, each fitting opening serving to be coupled with a fitting portion and an elastic hinge portion formed at one side of each finger, each slit serving to be coupled with a bent gripper portion formed at the other side of the finger so as to allow movement of the bent gripper portion, and wherein the fitting portion and the elastic hinge portion of the finger, to be coupled into the fitting opening, are integrally formed, and the bent gripper portion to be fitted into the slit is integrally connected with the elastic hinge portion through a direction conversion portion.