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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1999
Takashi Ando, Kofu, JP;
Teruo Kawaguchi, Nakakoma-gun, JP;
Yuji Nagasawa, Nakakoma-gun, JP;
Shuuichi Kubota, Nakakoma-gun, JP;
Mamoru Inoue, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
A component feeding apparatus for pitch-feeding taping components ( ) to a component feed position ( ), peeling a cover tape ( ) short of the component feed position ( ) and taking out and feeding a component ( ) from an accommodation portion ( ) at the component feed position ( ), wherein the component is supplied stably in an appropriate posture to the component feed position ( ). A slit ( ) is formed in a shutter ( ) capable of moving between a position at which the upper surface of the taping component ( ) is covered and a position at which the component feed position is opened so that a cover tape ( ) peeled from the taping component ( ) can be passed through the slit ( ) and can be pulled up, and the peeling step of the cover tape ( ) and the pitch-feeding step of the taping component ( ) can be separated from each other to prevent the component ( ) from greatly moving and assuming an irregular posture inside the accommodation portion ( ).