TAPE FEEDER AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING TAPE ON TAPE FEEDER

摘要

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a tape feeder and a method for mounting a tape on a tape feeder which facilitate position alignment in the work of mounting a carrier tape and improve the ease and efficiency of the work. A configuration adapted in such a manner that, when feeding a carrier tape (15) at intervals, a cover tape separation mechanism (50) is disposed at the adhesion interface between a base tape (15a) and a cover tape (15e) and separates the base tape (15a) and the cover tape (15e). At the separation start position at which a separation blade edge (51f) having a sharp-pointed tip starts the separation at the adhesion interface, a lower guide member (40) which guides the carrier tape (15) from below is pushed up by a lever member (44) from the lower surface side. When mounting the carrier tape (15), the lever member (44) pushes up the carrier tape (15) together with the lower guide member (40), and as a result, at the separation start position, the separation blade edge (51f) enters the adhesion interface while being aligned in position with the adhesion interface.