Patent ID: 7103967

Claim:
A chip-component accommodating apparatus for intermittently feeding a carrier tape forming a plurality of equally spaced component-accommodating recesses while sequentially inserting a chip component into each of said component-accommodating recesses, and then after said chip component is inserted, sealing the upper surface of said carrier tape, said apparatus comprising: a suction nozzle, provided with a suction face that removably picks up said chip component using vacuum suction, for inserting said chip component into said component-accommodating recess, the size of said suction face being greater than the size of said chip component; a transporting mechanism transporting said suction nozzle to a chip inserting position; and a cover member provided in close proximity to the upper surface of said carrier tape and near said chip inserting position, said cover member of said chip-component accommodating apparatus comprising an opening forming part and having a size that covers, together with said suction face of said suction nozzle, the upper part of said component-accommodating recess.