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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2006
Applicant:
Atsuyuki Horie, Fukuoka, JP;
Inventor:
Atsuyuki Horie, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 20/00 (2006.01); B65H 23/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a tape feeder to feed electronic parts with a carrier tape, a lower support memberwith magnet supporting the carrier tape from its lower side and stabilizing positions of the electronic parts contained in part pockets on the carrier tape by a magnetic force is constituted by a horizontal basemounted on the frame member, an elongated leaf spring memberhaving an upward convex shape in a middle part thereof so as to be supported by the baseat opposite ends thereof, and a magnet memberattached on an upper face of the middle part of the leaf spring member. A fitting holeto which the magnet membercan be fitted is formed in the base