Patent ID: 9055709
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B65H,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electronic component feeder for allowing component feed tapes wound onto two or more reels to be moved therethrough in order, which comprises: a body configured to have two entrances stacked sequentially in one side and a pickup position in the other side, wherein the entrances and the pickup position are connected to component feed paths which are merged into a single path in front of the pickup position, and two component feed tapes are placed on the component feed paths, respectively; and a path switching unit configured to have a driving roller between the component feed paths and idle rollers opposite to the driving roller across the component feed paths in order to select one of the entrances, wherein the driving roller is movable to one of the idle rollers through a position adjuster to be rotated together with the one idle roller through a rotation motor, and wherein one of the component feed tapes is moved between the one idle roller and the driving roller.