COMPONENT SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND COMPONENT SUPPLYING METHOD

摘要

A component supplying apparatus comprises a tape guide surface facing a lower surface of the carrier tape, a preceding tape contact part climbing onto a upper surface of the preceding carrier tape, and a subsequent tape blocking part configured to wait on the upstream side of the preceding tape contact part in a tape feeding direction while keeping a distance from the tape guide surface so as to enable the carrier tape to pass between the subsequent tape blocking part and the tape guide surface, and to move downwardly toward the preceding carrier tape when the preceding tape contact part is climbed onto the preceding carrier tape. The subsequent tape blocking part keeps the subsequent carrier tape waiting by contacting a front end of the subsequent carrier tape stacked on the preceding carrier tape onto which the preceding tape contact part climbs.

主权项

1. A component supplying apparatus for serially-feeding a plurality of carrier tapes accommodating components in a tape feeding direction which is a tape longitudinal direction, and for keeping a subsequent carrier tape waiting with the subsequent carrier tape stacked on a preceding carrier tape, the component supplying apparatus comprising:
a tape guiding part having a tape guide surface facing a lower surface of the carrier tape and guiding the carrier tape so as to make the carrier tape move along a tape path, a preceding tape contact part capable to climb onto a upper surface of the preceding carrier tape by coming into contact with the preceding tape moving in the tape feeding direction along the tape guide surface of the tape guiding part, and a subsequent tape blocking part configured to wait on the upstream side of the preceding tape contact part in the tape feeding direction while facing to and keeping a distance from the tape guide surface of the tape guiding part so as to enable the carrier tape to pass between the subsequent tape blocking part and the tape guiding part, to move downwardly from the waiting position toward the upper surface of the preceding carrier tape when the preceding tape contact part is climbed onto the upper surface of the preceding carrier tape, and to move upwardly from the preceding carrier tape toward the waiting position when the preceding tape contact part is climbed down from the upper surface of the preceding carrier tape, wherein the subsequent tape blocking part keeps the subsequent carrier tape waiting by contacting a front end of the subsequent carrier tape stacked on the preceding carrier tape onto which the preceding tape contact part climbs.