Patent ID: 8196773
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of component suction, comprising: removing a covering film from a tape having a component storage section until the component storage section is substantially completely exposed; lowering a nozzle having a bottom face to a lowermost sucking position whereat the bottom face of the nozzle is spaced above an uppermost surface of the tape; and sucking a component accommodated within the component storage section using the nozzle while the nozzle is in at least one of a state of being lowered toward the lowermost sucking position and a state of being located at the lowermost sucking position; wherein the bottom face of the nozzle is sized so that a projection of a periphery of the bottom face onto the uppermost surface of the tape substantially completely circumscribes the component storage section.