Patent ID: 9743570
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B32B,H05K,Y10T

Claim:
1. A component supplying apparatus for feeding in a tape length direction a carrier tape having a base tape having recesses for accommodating components and feed holes arranged thereon in the tape length direction and a top tape pasted on the base tape so as to cover the recesses, the component supplying apparatus comprising: a body part, a main tape entering port formed on the body part, a component supply port formed on an upper surface of the body part and through which nozzles of a transfer head of a component mounting apparatus pick up the components in the recesses of the carrier tape having been entered from the main tape entering port, a main tape path extending in the body part from the main tape entering port to under the component supply port, a tape feeding device feeding the carrier tape toward the component supply port along the main tape path, a top tape removing part removing the top tape from the base tape of the carrier tape on the main tape path upstream in a tape feeding direction of the component supply port so as to expose the components in the recesses, and a sub tape entering port formed on the upper surface of the body part and adapted to be entered by the carrier tape so as to enter the carrier tape into the main tape path, wherein a path length from the sub tape entering port to the component supply port is shorter than a path length from the main tape entering port to the component supply port.