TAPE FEEDER FOR COMPONENT MOUNTER CAPABLE OF TRANSFERRING CARRIER TAPE THROUGH LINEAR AND ELEVATING MOTION OF COMPONENTS

摘要

PURPOSE: A taper feeder is provided to achieve improved operating reliability of device by accurately transferring a carrier tape through the linear and elevating motion of components. CONSTITUTION: A tape feeder comprises a tape transfer unit(200) for transferring a carrier tape at a predetermined pitch to the front of a body mounted on a component mounter; a gate unit for supporting the carrier tape; a cover vinyl discharge unit having a first discharge gear and a second discharge gear for discharging a cover vinyl stripped off from the carrier tape; and a driving unit for simultaneously driving the tape transfer unit and one of the discharge gears. The tape transfer unit includes a cam slider having a concave cam section(220) and a convex cam section(230); a front locator(240) and a rear locator(250) which alternately contact the concave cam section and the convex cam section by the linear motion of the cam slider; a fixed rail for guiding the front locator in a vertical direction; and a movable rail(270) for guiding the rear locator in a vertical direction, and which is connected to the cam slider such that the movable rail is movable in a horizontal direction by the transfer pitch of the carrier tape in the horizontal rail section of the fixed rail.