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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2013
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Minoru Kitani, Osaka, JP;
Motohiro Higuchi, Nara, JP;
Shigeru Matsukawa, Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Kido, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A component supplying apparatus comprises an inclined straight path Pwhich is for the carrier tape and which extends obliquely upward, a horizontal straight path Pwhich is for the carrier tape and which extends in the horizontal direction from a front end of the inclined path Pand runs through the component supply position Q, a first sprocket wheel engaging with the feed holes of the carrier tape within the inclined path P, a guide member locating the carrier tape in the width direction within the horizontal path, a top tape removing device disposed above the inclined path Pbetween the first sprocket wheel and the horizontal path Pand partially removing the top tape from the base tape so as to expose the components, and a sprocket wheel drive device rotating the first sprocket wheel.