Patent ID: 6705819
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: B65G,H05K

Abstract:
A feeder for chip components, including a feed lever operated according to the input load from a chip mounter and a conveyor belt connected to the feed lever via a one-way feeding mechanism, the feeder feeding chip components on the conveyor belt in one direction by intermittently driving the conveyor belt in one direction, the feeder for chip components comprising:an urging means for urging the feed lever in the returning direction by storing the input load of the chip mounter in the operating direction as energy; and a delay mechanism for delaying the returning operation of the feed lever relative to the operation of the chip mounter in the returning direction, wherein when the chip mounter operates in the operating direction, the feed lever is moved in the operating direction by linking to the chip mounter while the conveyor belt is maintained in a stationary state by the one-way feeding mechanism, and wherein when the chip mounter operates in the returning direction, the feed lever is moved in the returning direction so as to be delayed relative to the chip mounter by the urging means and the delay mechanism while the conveyor belt is driven via the one-way feeding mechanism, and wherein operation directions of the urging means and the delay mechanisms are in parallel.