Patent ID: 8530771

Claim:
A feeding apparatus for delivering a plurality of components to a surface mount device, comprising: a vibrating tray feeder module having a circular vibrating conveyer belt and at least a first sifting unit, wherein the circular vibrating conveyer belt has a vibrating tray output end, the first sifting unit is disposed on the circular vibrating conveyer belt and is located at upstream of the vibrating tray output end; a vibrating linear feeder module having a linear vibrating conveyer belt and at least a second sifting unit, wherein the linear vibrating conveyer belt is connected to the vibrating tray output end of the circular vibrating conveyer belt, the second sifting unit is disposed on the linear vibrating conveyer belt and is located near the vibrating tray output end; and a component recycling module disposed under the vibrating tray feeder module, partially extending underneath the second sifting unit, wherein the component recycling module recycles a portion of the components rejected by the first sifting unit and the second sifting unit.