Patent ID: 7806642

Claim:
A receiver for component feed plates, the receiver comprising: a pair of side wall portions; a plurality of paired sets of support guide portions fixed on the side wall portions for supporting mutually opposing end portions of a plurality of component feed plates on which a plurality of components to be mounted on a board are feedably placed, the support guide portions being configured such that the plates are supported in a generally horizontal support posture so as to be movable and guidable along a plate feed direction extending along surfaces of the component feed plates; and a plurality of identification mark portions formed as through holes in side faces of the pair of side wall portions such that each paired set of support guide portions is distinguished from the other paired sets of support guide portions, wherein the plates are supported at their end portions by the individual paired sets of support guide portions identified by the identification mark portions such that the plates are housed in multi-stage stacks, and wherein the support guide portions guide the component feed plates as the component feed plates are moved in the plate feed direction for feed of the components placed thereon.