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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1995
Takashi Ando, Kofu, JP;
Shuuichi Kubota, Kofu, JP;
Yoshihisa Tachiyama, Higashiyamanashi-gun, JP;
Kazuhiko Narikiyo, Kofu, JP;
Takao Naito, Nakakoma-gun, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
A component supply apparatus includes a component feeding device for feeding components to a component feeding path, with the components arranged in a row while the components are being agitated by air, and a path forming member having a curved path extending from the component feeding path to a component supply position, for guiding the components fed from the component feeding path to the component supply position by changing a direction of each of the components by a predetermined angle. A plurality of air supply holes are provided at plural portions of the curved path for feeding the components fed to the curved path to the component supply position.