Patent ID: 7562440
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A component-holding-tape connecting apparatus for connecting two component holding tapes through a connecting member having a plurality of caulking claws, by caulking end portions of the respective two component holding tapes and the connecting member in a caulking position, with the connecting member being held in close contact with the end portions, and with each of the end portions being pierced by at least one of the plurality of caulking claws of the connecting member, said component-holding-tape connecting apparatus comprising: a supplying device holding a plurality of connecting members each provided by the connecting member, and supplying the plurality of connecting members one by one to said caulking position; a holding device holding, in said caulking position, the end portions of the respective two component holding tapes and the connecting member which is supplied by said supplying device; and a caulking device caulking the end portions of the respective two component holding tapes and the connecting member which are held by said holding device, by causing at least one of the plurality of caulking claws of the connecting member to pierce through each of the end portions of the respective two component holding tapes, and deforming the at least one of the plurality of caulking claws of the connecting member, wherein said supplying device includes a rotary body positioning the plurality of connecting members one by one in a predetermined position, and wherein said rotary body is rotated about a rotary axis thereof by a predetermined angle when operated to position each one of the plurality of connecting members in said predetermined position.