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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Junkei Shimizu, Yamanashi, JP;
Kazunori Kanai, Yamanashi, JP;
Masayuki Higashi, Yamanashi, JP;
Tatsuo Yamamura, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a tape feeder that feeds a carrier tape to supply components to a component suction position for a mounting head in a component mounting apparatus. The tape feeder includes a first tape feed mechanism which is provided in a downstream side and feeds a preceding tape to the component suction position, and a second tape feed mechanism provided in an upstream side and feeds a following tape from a tape introducing port side toward the first tape feed mechanism. The tape feeder also includes a tape slipping-off informing unit which informs the component mounting apparatus that the following tape is slipped off from the second tape feed mechanism. For example, the tape slipping-off informing unit decides that the following tape is slipped off when a rotation of a sprocket of the second tape feed mechanism in an opposite direction is detected.