Patent ID: 6637584
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B65G,H05K

Abstract:
A method of conveying components on a component carrying device comprising:lining up components into one line and guiding them in a guide groove; moving a carrying member, provided on a bottom face of said guide groove, forward and backward along an axial direction thereof, movement of said carrying member being performed by at least a spring for applying a backward force and a forward force to said carrying member; and driving said carrying member forward and backward, the speed when moving backward being higher than when moving forward, wherein the speed of said carrying member when moving forward is a speed at which a predetermined sustained frictional force acts between said carrying member and said components, which are on a top face of said carrying member; and wherein the speed of said carrying member when moved backward is a speed at which the frictional force between said carrying member and said components, on a top face thereof, is substantially overcome.