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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 5/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 5/900 ;
Abstract
An electronic component feeding apparatus which conveys electronic components in a ranging condition and feeds a foremost electronic component to a component taking-out position. This apparatus includes a component conveying passage, a shutter for opening and closing a component outlet port of the component passage, a component stopper including an air suction path which leads to the component outlet port, a shutter for opening and closing the component outlet port, an air suction unit having an air suction port, an air tube for communicating an air suction force from the air suction port to the air suction path, and a lever mechanism for operating the shutter and the air suction unit.