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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1993
Takahiro Yonezawa, Neyagawa, JP;
Wataru Hirai, Hirakata, JP;
Muneyoshi Fujiwara, Katano, JP;
Kunio Sakurai, Sakai, JP;
Naohiko Chimura, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Ohta, Moriguchi, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A mounting apparatus for mounting electronic components, includes a component feeding section wherein plural component feeding units accommodating plural components and sequentially supplying components to a predetermined component take-out position are arranged on a moving table along a moving direction, a positioning mechanism of a mounting member to which one component is to be mounted, and a mounting device for holding one component at a predetermined position in the feeding section and mounting the component onto the mounting member. The mounting device includes a movable member which is vertically movable and has a gas groove which is formed at an inside part of the movable member, and a rotary member which is rotatable around a vertical axis of the movable member and has at its inside part a gas groove which is formed at an inside part of the rotary member and is communicated with the groove of the movable member so as to transmit gas between the grooves during operation. The mounting device also includes a pressure gas transmitting member having positive and negative pressure holes of gas passages formed at its inside, and a gas switching member having a gas groove communicating with a suction passage of a suction member for sucking the component. The switching member is movable to selectively switch between states where the suction passage is communicated with the positive pressure hole and the negative pressure hole, respectively.