Patent ID: 7500502

Claim:
An inspection apparatus for film carrier tapes for mounting electronic components, comprising: a feed device for feeding a film carrier tape wound on a feed reel; an inspection part for inspecting the film carrier tape; and a take-up device for winding up the film carrier tape inspected at the inspection part on a take-up reel; wherein the feed reel and the take-up reel are arranged adjacent to each other, and the inspection part is located so that the adjacent feed and take-up reels are in the order of the feed reel and the take-up reel or the take-up reel and the feed reel in relation to the inspection part, thereby a spacer is transported from the feed reel to the take-up reel directly, not via a spacer guide roller, and the film carrier tape is transported in a substantially vertical direction at the inspection part so that the film carrier tape along the substantially vertical direction is inspected with a magnifier.