Patent ID: 9578793
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B32B,B65H,H05K,Y10T

Claim:
1. A component supplying apparatus for feeding a carrier tape toward a component supply position, the carrier tape having a base tape including a plurality of recesses for accommodating components and a plurality of feed holes, the plurality of recesses and plurality of feed holes being parallel arranged thereon in a tape longitudinal direction, and a top tape being pasted on the base tape so as to cover the plurality of recesses, the component supply position being a position at which one of the components is sucked by a nozzle of a transfer head of a component mounting apparatus moving in at least a horizontal direction, the component supplying apparatus comprising: an inclined path which feeds the carrier tape straight forward and obliquely upward; a horizontal path which feeds the carrier tape straight forward and in a horizontal direction from a front end of the inclined path, the horizontal path running through the component supply position; a first sprocket wheel having teeth to engage with the plurality of feed holes of the carrier tape within the inclined path; a second sprocket wheel having teeth to engage with the plurality of feed holes of the carrier tape within the front end of the inclined path and a rear end of the horizontal path; a top tape removing device disposed above a portion of the inclined path between the first sprocket wheel and the second sprocket wheel and having a blade edge to partially remove the top tape from the base tape while on the inclined path so as to expose the components; and a sprocket wheel drive device to rotate the first sprocket wheel and the second sprocket wheel.