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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2018
Fuji Corporation, Chiryu, JP;
Kazushi Nonoyama, Toyota, JP;
Satoshi Imanishi, Okazaki, JP;
Daisuke Suzuki, Chiryu, JP;
Masami Kawabata, Okazaki, JP;
FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu, JP;
Abstract
A tape autoloading device includes a tape leading-end processing device, which forms the leading end of a carrier tape into a predetermined shape, and a transfer device, which carries the carrier tape in a first direction different from the tape longitudinal direction and transfers the carrier tape to the next step. Tape leading-end processing device includes a feeding device for conveying the carrier tape along a conveyance path formed in a groove in a guide member, a pressing device for pressing the upper surface of the carrier tape, and a cutting device for cutting the leading-end of the carrier tape. The transfer device includes a guide device for guiding the carrier tape having a leading end formed into a predetermined shape, a gripping device for gripping the leading end of the carrier tape, and a moving device for moving the carrier tape in the first direction.