Patent ID: 7100278

Claim:
A component mounting apparatus comprising: component supply sections for accommodating a plurality of components, said component supply sections being arranged on opposite sides of a board positioning sections, respectively; a first mounting head section including (i) a rotary member constructed and arranged to be rotatively driven about a horizontal axis, (ii) component suction nozzles attached to said rotary member along respective axes, and (iii) a recognition section opposed to said rotary member, said first mounting head section being constructed and arranged to (a) perform successive suction operations in order to pick up components from one of said component supply sections via said component suction nozzles, respectively, (b) perform, via said recognition section upon intermittent rotation of said rotary member, successive recognition operations of the components respectively sucked by said component suction nozzles, and (c) successively mount the components, respectively sucked by said component suction nozzles, onto a board at said board positioning section upon intermittent rotation of said rotary member; and a second mounting head section including (i) a rotary member constructed and arranged to be rotatively driven about a horizontal axis, (ii) component suction nozzles attached to said rotary member along respective axes, and (iii) a recognition section opposed to said rotary member, said second mounting head section being constructed and arranged to (a) perform successive suction operations in order to pick up components from another one of said component supply sections via said component suction nozzles, respectively, (b) perform, via said recognition section upon intermittent rotation of said rotary member, successive recognition operations of the components respectively sucked by said component suction nozzles, and (c) successively mount the components, respectively sucked by said component suction nozzles, onto the board at said board positioning section upon intermittent rotation of said rotary member.