Patent ID: 7017731

Claim:
An electronic-component conveying device comprising: a conveying plate which moves in one conveying direction and includes a plurality of component-holders arranged at a predetermined pitch along the conveying direction; at least one component-container containing a plurality of electronic components for supplying the components to at least one of the plurality of component-holders, the plurality of electronic components being held by the plurality of component-holders while being conveyed by the conveying plate; a component-detecting unit for detecting the presence of the plurality of electronic components in the plurality of component-holders; and a component-feeding unit for feeding additional electronic components to each of the component-containers based on the detection of the presence of the plurality of electronic components; wherein each of the plurality of component-holders holds only a single electronic component of the plurality of electronic components; and the component-detecting unit detects the presence of the single electronic component held in each of respective ones of the plurality of component-holders.