Patent ID: 6189206
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A rotary-type circuit-component supplying apparatus comprising:a plurality of feeders each of which includes a component-store portion which stores a plurality of circuit components of a same sort and additionally includes a component-supply portion from which said each feeder supplies the components one by one;at least one rotary table which is rotatable about a first axis line which is substantially vertical and which holds the feeders such that the respective component-supply portion of the feeders are arranged along a circle having a center on the first axis line;a table-driving device which rotates and stops the rotary table to position the component-supply portion of each of the feeders held by the rotary table, at a predetermined component-supply position; anda control device which controls the table-driving device to rotate and stop the rotary table to position the component-supply portion of said each feeder at the component-supplying position, so that said each feeder supplies, from the component-supply portion thereof, the components one by one at the component-supplying position;the feeders comprising at least one pendent feeder which comprisesa main portion which is held by the rotary table such that the main portion extends in a substantially horizontal direction, and which supports a tape-feeding mechanism which feeds a tape carrying the circuit components to the component-supply portion of said pendent feeder, anda reel-holding portion, as said component-store portion, which is pendent from the main portion and which holds a reel around which the tape is wound, such that a whole of the reel is positioned below the main portion.