| 摘要 |
There is disclosed an apparatus for feeding articles, containing a tape transporting apparatus, including a transporting member having plural container portions in succession, a cover tape for covering the apertures of the container portions of the transporting member, a first reel on which ends of the transporting member and the cover tape are fixed, for simultaneously winding the transporting member and the cover tape, a second reel on which the other end of the transporting member is fixed, for winding the transporting member only, a third reel on which the other end of the cover tape is fixed, for winding the cover tape only, a drive assembly for rotating the first, second and third reels, intermittent drive unit for intermittently driving the transporting member by engaging with successive perforations formed on the transporting member, a control unit for driving the drive assembly and intermittent drive unit, an aperture for loading or removing the articles into or from the container portions of the transporting member, a first detector provided in the vicinity of the aperture, for detecting the presence or absence of an article in a container portion, and a guide member for defining the position to an article assembling apparatus or an article manufacturing apparatus, wherein each of these apparatus is provided with a robot hand and a main control unit to be connected to the control unit mentioned above.
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