Patent ID: 6649926
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A suction nozzle for applying a suction to an object and thereby holding the object, the suction nozzle comprising:a nozzle portion having an end surface; a suction passage formed in the nozzle portion and opening in the end surface thereof; the end surface providing a suction surface that applies the suction to the object and thereby holds the object; at least a free end portion of the nozzle portion having a shape whose diameter gradually increases in a direction from the end surface thereof toward a base end thereof opposite to the end surface; a light radiating portion extending radially outwardly from a base end portion of the nozzle portion, and having a light radiating surface which radiates a light toward the object held by the nozzle portion; and an outer circumferential surface of at least the free end portion of the nozzle portion that has the shape whose diameter gradually increases in said direction comprising a mirror surface which reflects the light radiated by the light radiating surface, wherein an entirety of the light radiating surface is so inclined that a distance of the light radiating surface from the end surface of the nozzle portion in a direction parallel to an axis line thereof gradually increases in a radially inward direction.