Patent ID: 7784660

Claim:
A tape feeder which pitch-feeds a carrier tape holding electronic parts thereby to feed the electronic parts to a predetermined pick-up position, comprising: a frame member having a tape traveling path on which the carrier tape travels; a tape feed mechanism pitch-feeding the carrier tape along the tape traveling path; an upper guide part covering and guiding the carrier tape in a vicinity of the pick-up position; and a lower support member disposed below the upper guide part to support a lower side of the carrier tape and to stabilize positions of the electronic parts contained in recesses of the tape carrier; wherein the lower support member includes a magnet member displaceable in a vertical direction according to a thickness of the tape carrier, a horizontal base mounted on the frame member, and an elongated leaf spring member vertically opposed to the horizontal base, wherein the magnet member is attached on a lower face of the middle part of the leaf spring member.