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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Akiko Ida, Neyagawa, JP;
Muneyoshi Fujiwara, Katano, JP;
Kunio Sakurai, Toyonaka, JP;
Minoru Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Kurayasu Hamasaki, Katano, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Each of a plurality of suction nozzle sections provided about the outer circumference of an intermittently rotating head section comprises a plurality of nozzle tip sections for picking up electronic components by suction, these nozzle tip sections being connected to a rod section , which is driven to rotate by a motor . A cylindrical cam section having a cam surface and being able to rotate relative to the rod section is provided such as to encase the nozzle tip sections , and one ends of the nozzle tip sections engage with the cam surface 8a of the cam section via rollers , whereby the nozzle tip sections are movable in a vertical direction. On the outer side of the cylindrical cam section , a stopper section is provided for halting temporarily the rotation of only the cylindrical cam surface