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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2003
Nobuhiro Nakai, Kurume, JP;
Hiroshi Ota, Tosu, JP;
Kensuke Kawasumi, Neyagawa, JP;
Hirotsugu Uemori, Moriguchi, JP;
Kimio Iizuka, Tosu, JP;
Nobuhiro Nakai, Kurume, JP;
Hiroshi Ota, Tosu, JP;
Kensuke Kawasumi, Neyagawa, JP;
Hirotsugu Uemori, Moriguchi, JP;
Kimio Iizuka, Tosu, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A component mounting apparatus having a work conveyor-positioner unit is arranged on a supporting base to convey and position a substrate in an X direction. Supporting frames extend vertically from ends of the supporting base and face each other in a Y direction. The component mounting apparatus further includes a plurality of Y-axis tables extending between upper ends of the supporting frames, X-axis tables attached to movable portions of the Y-axis tables, and operating heads attached to movable portions of the X-axis tables to perform operations with respect to the substrate on the work conveyor-positioner unit. Each of the plurality of the Y-axis tables includes a movable portion at a lower part. Each of the X-axis tables includes a movable portion at a lower part and the operating heads are attached to a lower part of the movable portion of the X-axis tables.