Patent ID: 6321817
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: H05K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An electronic component supply device, comprising:a carrier tape, in which electronic components are held within cavities;a removable top tape for covering the surface of the carrier tape;a tape pressing member for pressing the carrier tape from above against a transfer surface along which the carrier tape is transferred;a peeling portion provided in the tape pressing member for separating the top tape from the carrier tape thereby removing the electronic components from the cavities in the carrier tape, having a peel away cut-out portion; anda thin plate having a base end portion and a free end portion; whereinthe peel-away cutout portion is formed in the tape pressing member so that the top tape is peeled away from the carrier tape and is drawn out through the peel-away cutout portion; andsaid thin plate, is elastically deformable, and is fixed at the base end portion to a lower surface of the tape pressing member facing an upper surface of the carrier tape at a location downstream of the peel-away cutout portion of the tape pressing member in a tape transfer direction, and the free end portion of the thin plate protrudes obliquely upwards toward the peel-away cutout portion.