Patent ID: 6032783
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A chip component feeding apparatus having an accommodation chamber for accommodating chip components in bulk, a vertical passage through which said chip components are taken in one by one and are enabled to move by their own weight, and a transverse passage through which said chip components discharged from said vertical passage are transported in a predetermined direction, comprising:a curved passage defined by a first block and a second block, said first block having a curved groove forming said curved passage and said second block closing a side opening of said curved groove, said curved passage disposed between said vertical passage and said transverse passage for changing the posture of said chip components discharged from said vertical passage onto said transverse passage so as to conform to said transverse passage, whereinsaid curved passage having at its passage center a predetermined radius of curvature and being provided with an opening for the discharge of chip components in the vicinity of said transverse passages;and wherein said curved groove includes a first curved surface and a second curved surface, said first curved surface has a predetermined radius of curvature and said second curved surface has a center of curvature coincident with that of the first curved surface and a radius of curvature larger than that of the first curved surface and a range of angle of the second curved surface from its upper end is less than 90 degrees to allow the opening for discharging one of the chip components to be formed at a lower end of the curved passage.