Patent ID: 8678065

Claim:
A carrier tape feeder comprising: a unit for loading a first carrier tape; a picking-up unit where chips are picked up; and a driving unit, wherein the pick-up unit comprises a knife portion for separating a cover tape from a base tape in a first adhesive portion, a folding-guiding portion spaced from one lateral side of the knife portion to induce folding of the cover tape separated by the knife portion in the lengthwise direction in a state in which the cover tape is partially attached to the base tape in a second adhesive portion and an inversion-guiding portion extending along obliquely along a tape feeding direction from the knife portion and the folding-guiding portion to induce inversion of the upper and lower surfaces of the cover tape folded in the folding-guiding portion so as to be superimposed on the base tape, and wherein a distal end of a lateral side of the folding-guiding portion opposed to the knife portion extends above the second adhesive portion.