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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2010
Hiroshi Ikeda, Kasumigaura, JP;
Yoshinao Usui, Tatebayashi, JP;
Kazuyoshi Oyama, Ashikaga, JP;
Tsutomu Yanagida, Oizumi, JP;
Isao Takahira, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroshi Ikeda, Kasumigaura, JP;
Yoshinao Usui, Tatebayashi, JP;
Kazuyoshi Oyama, Ashikaga, JP;
Tsutomu Yanagida, Oizumi, JP;
Isao Takahira, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
A component feeder capable of enhancing productivity is provided by that the component feeder includes a tape feeding device intermittently feeding a component housing tape constituted of a carrier tape having component housing parts formed with predetermined interval to contain respective electronic components, and a cover tape covering the component housing parts to prevent the components from jumping out from the component housing parts while the component housing tape wound on a housing tape reel is sequentially fed to a component extracting position, and an electronic component exposing device exposing the electronic components in the component housing parts to be allowed to be extracted, wherein the tape feeding device is constituted of a first feeding device and a second feeding device, and the electronic component exposing device is provided between the first feeding device and the second feeding device.