Patent ID: 6824033
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B65H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A tape feeder for supplying plural electronic components arranged and mounted to a tape in turn comprising:a main frame; a shutter installed to an upper portion of the main frame for opening and closing a component discharge opening; first and second sprocket wheels installed on the main frame and configured to move a tape holding electronic components by a predetermined pitch; a rotating latch mounted on the main frame and configured to rotate the first and second sprocket wheels; plural levers connected to a side of the rotating latch for driving the rotating latch; an eccentric cam having a taper formed at its side and configured to drive the rotating latch via the plural levers; a shutter lever coupled to the shutter and the eccentric cam and configured to move the shutter by the driving of the eccentric cam; and a manual lever coupled to the rotating latch and configured to move the rotating latch, but not the shutter lever.