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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
May. 11, 2001
Koichi Asai, Nagoya, JP;
Shinsuke Suhara, Kariya, JP;
Fuji Machine Mfg., Co., Ltd., Chiryu, JP;
Abstract
A method of supplying circuit components to a component mounting device from a feeder. The component mounting device removes the components from the feeder and transfers them to and mounts them on a circuit substrate. The method includes providing a plurality of feeders which each include a main portion, a feeding mechanism, a component supply portion and a component holding portion. The component holding portions hold the circuit components. The main portions of the feeders are mounted on a movable table such that the component holding portions of the feeders are arranged along a line. The main portions support the feeding mechanisms, which feed the circuit components one by one from the component holding portions to component supply portions. The movable table is moved along the line. The movable table is intermittently stopped so that the component-supply portions of each of the feeders are sequentially positioned at a component supply position, at which each feeder supplies at least one circuit component from its component supply portion. When the movable table and the feeder main portions are accelerated and decelerated, the component holding portions and the components held thereby accelerate and decelerate at a lower rate.