Part feeding device and part mounting apparatus

A part mounting apparatus which transports a part feeding tape to a part removing position and removes a part from a storage of the part feeding tape in the part removing position to mount the part on a substrate, the part mounting apparatus comprising:

• a main body including a transporting passage for guiding the part feeding tape from an inserting port for inserting the part feeding tape to the part removing position;
• a conveyor for positioning the storage of the part feeding tape in the transporting passage to the part removing position, wherein the part feeding tape is inserted from the inserting port into the transporting passage;
• a part detector for detecting the part stored in the storage in the transporting passage located at a downstream side of the inserting port and at an upstream side of the part removing position, wherein the part detector is;
• and
• a mounting head which removes the part from the storage that is positioned in the part removing position to mount the part on the substrate,
• wherein the transporting passage includes
• a travelling surface for supporting the part feeding tape from underneath,
• a pair of side guides for guiding side surfaces of the part feeding tape, and
• a squeezed portion in a distance between the pair of side guides, wherein the squeezed portion gradually reduces the transporting passage from an upstream side of the part detector toward a part detecting position of the part detector.