| 摘要 |
A manually actuatable, part feeder presents at least one exposed part, with an appropriate orientation for picking and placing, to an operator in a pick station, in response to the operator providing a feed command. A cover take-up mechanism can be used to remove a cover tape from the carrier such that the operator receives the exposed part or parts to be picked. Tape advance is achieved by applying forces to the carrier tape to advance the pocketed component carrying portion. Variable widths of carriers can be accommodated in the feeder. A pair of movable hold-down rails, laterally adjustable with respect to one another, makes it possible to feed carriers having a wide range of widths simply by adjusting the spacing of the rails relative to one another.
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