Patent ID: 8353424

Claim:
A component feeder comprising, a tape feeding device for feeding intermittently a component housing tape to a component extracting position from a housing tape reel on which the component housing tape is wound, the component housing tape including a carrier tape on which component housing parts are lined up with predetermined interval to house therein respective electronic components, and a cover tape covering the component housing parts to prevent the electronic components from moving out from the component housing parts, and an electronic component exposing device for exposing each of the electronic components to the outside of the component housing parts so that the electronic component is capable of being extracted from the component housing tape, wherein the tape feeding device has first and second feeding devices each of which drives the component housing tape to be fed, and the electronic component exposing device is arranged to expose the electronic component on the component housing tape between the first and second feeding devices, and wherein the electronic component exposing device has a cover tape cutting device for cutting the cover tape to be divided to portions thereof, a cover tape opening device for expanding a clearance between the portions so that the electronic component is capable of being extracted through the clearance, a tongue portion for guiding the cover tape to the cover tape cutting device, a cover tape presser device for restraining the cover tape guided by the tongue portion from being removed from the carrier tape, and a component extracting hole through which the electronic component is capable of being extracted from the component housing tape.