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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1998
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A component feed apparatus includes a first feed table (,) loaded with a plurality of component feed cassettes (,) thereon and moving in a manner so that the first feed table can be positioned in a right-left direction as an arrangement direction of the component feed cassettes. A second feed table (,) is located at the rear of the first feed table and is loaded and arranged with a plurality of component feed cassettes (,) in the right-left direction. Also, a component transfer unit (,) which is located at the lateral side of the first feed table and moves so that the component transfer unit can be positioned in the right-left direction, thereby receiving components from the component feed cassettes on the second feed table and sending the components forward.