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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1995
Yoshio Maruyama, Kyoto, JP;
Shinji Kadoriku, Takarazuka, JP;
Toshiaki Yamauchi, Yawata, JP;
Shoriki Narita, Kadoma, JP;
Naomi Kuromoto, Hirakata, JP;
Hiroshi Yamauchi, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
A component collective includes component holders respectively holding components therein and connected to one another in the form of a tape carrier. Each of holders is provided with a cavity to accommodate the component, a lid for shutting an opening of the cavity, and a keeping device for keeping the lid at a closed position. An apparatus for feeding the component collective includes a device for transferring the component collective, a device for forcibly opening the lid means of the component holder transferred to a predetermined position, and a device for forcibly closing the lid of the component holder after a component is removed from the cavity.