Patent ID: 7778727
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. An electronic component inspection apparatus comprising: an inspection portion which inspects a component; a component standby portion in which the component waits before the component is inspected by the inspection portion; a component storage portion which stores the component after the component has been inspected; a component transferring device which has a pair of suction nozzles that apply suction to pick up the component and transfer the component between the component standby portion or the component storage portion and the inspection portion; wherein the inspection portion, the component standby portion and the component storage portion are arranged along a line within a range of motion of the suction nozzle; the component transferring device has a pair of tracks which extend in a direction along which the inspection portion, the component standby portion and the component storage portion are disposed, and moves the pair of suction nozzles along the pair of tracks; and the pair of the tracks are arranged to extend substantially parallel to each other and between which the inspection portion, the component standby portion and the component storage portion are disposed.