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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2012
Yoshiyuki Kitagawa, Yamanashi, JP;
Shuzo Yagi, Yamanashi, JP;
Takeyuki Kawase, Yamanashi, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a component mounting device () which has a first mounting lane (L) and a second mounting lane (L) and which is structured so as to be able to select either an independence mounting mode or an alternation mounting mode, when device type changing operation is performed with change of the type of boards which are the mounted objects, if a tape feeder float detecting sensor () that is provided in proximity of an opening () through which a part of the body or the foreign object enters in the component supplying part is, detects a part of the body such as a finger () of the operator or the foreign object, operation of the component mounting mechanism which belong to the mounting lane opposite to the mounting lane to which the component supplying part, in which the optical sensor is provided, belongs is stopped.