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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takeshi Kanai, Gunma-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd, Osaka-fu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
226122 ; 226159 ; 226164 ; 226165 ;
Abstract
A tape feeder has a driving member which performs reciprocating motion, and a tape-advancing mechanism driven by the driving member for intermittently advancing a tape containing electronic parts to thereby position each of the electronic parts at a predetermined takeout position. The tape-advancing mechanism comprises a driving force-converting device for converting a driving force received from the driving member to a driving force for use in tape-advancing motion of the tape-advancing mechanism, such that speed of the tape-advancing motion is varied as the tape-advancing mechanism is driven by the driving member.