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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2003
Hiroyasu Ohashi, Toyota, JP;
Yasuo Muto, Chiryu, JP;
Koichi Asai, Nagoya, JP;
Fuji Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Chiryu, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for feeding a plurality of electric-component tapes each of which includes a carrier tape and holds a plurality of electric components in a lengthwise direction of the carrier tape, and supplying, from the each electric-component tape, the electric components, one by one, to an object device, the apparatus including a feeding device which feeds a first electric-component tape in a lengthwise direction thereof, and a connection-portion detecting device which detects a connection portion where a terminal end portion of the first electric-component tape being fed by the feeding device is connected to an initial end portion of a second electric-component tape.