# US 10,772,247 B2 · Tape cutting processing apparatus and processing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,772,247 B2 - Document ID: US10772247B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/737,001 - Filed: 2015-06-18 - Published: 2018-12-27 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-06-18 - Assignees: Fuji Corporation - Applicants: Fuji Corporation - Inventors: Takahiro Otsuki; Kenji Shimosaka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10772247B2 ## CPC - H05K 13/021: {Loading or unloading of containers (H05K13/028 takes precedence)} - B26D 1/305: {for thin material, e.g. for sheets, strips or the like} - B26D 5/00: Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting - H05K 13/02: Feeding of components - H05K 13/0215: {Interconnecting of containers, e.g. splicing of tapes} - H05K 13/0419: {tape feeders} - B65H 2701/10: Handled articles or webs - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04) - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES ## Abstract A tape cutting processing apparatus includes a conveyance device conveying a component wrapping tape along a conveyance path, a detection device detecting the presence of a component accommodated in a cavity of the component wrapping tape conveyed along the conveyance path at a detection position, a folding-back member that folds back a cover tape at a folding-back position so that adhesion surfaces of the cover tape face each other as the component wrapping tape is conveyed, a cutting device that cuts each cutting portion of a carrier tape and the cover tape at a cutting position, and a control device that the conveyance device to position the carrier tape and the cover tape folded back by the folding-back member in a state of being overlapped on the cutting position, and controls the cutting device to cut the carrier tape and the cover tape. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A tape cutting processing apparatus which performs cutting processing so that a leading end of a cover tape of a component wrapping tape, which is capable of being wound around a tape reel mounted on a tape feeder, protrudes by a predetermined protruding length from a leading end of a carrier tape, the cover tape being adhered on an upper face side of the carrier tape, in which the carrier tape is provided with cavities accommodating components at fixed pitches, the apparatus comprising: a conveyance device that conveys the component wrapping tape along a conveyance path; a detection device that detects the presence or absence of the component accommodated in the cavity of the component wrapping tape conveyed along the conveyance path at a detection position disposed on the conveyance path; a folding-back member that folds back the cover tape at a folding-back position so that adhesion surfaces of the cover tape face each other as the component wrapping tape is conveyed; a cutting device that cuts each cutting portion of the carrier tape and the cover tape at a cutting position disposed on the conveyance path; and wherein the tape cutting processing apparatus further comprises an air blow device that sprays air to a downstream side in a tape conveyance direction, causes the cover tape peeled off from the carrier tape to pass above the folding-back member, and feeds the cover tape to the downstream side in the tape conveyance direction, and wherein the air blow device is provided to be capable of advancing and retracting with respect to the conveyance path, is retracted from the conveyance path until the component accommodated in the cavity of the component wrapping tape is detected by the detection device, and is advanced on the conveyance path based on the detection of the component accommodated in the cavity of the component wrapping tape by the detection device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tape cutting processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the folding-back member is configured with a peeling member that peels off the cover tape from the carrier tape, and wherein the peeling member is held at a position where the cover tape is peeled off until the component accommodated in the cavity of the component wrapping tape is detected by the detection device, and is moved to the folding-back position at which peeling of the cover tape is not performed based on the detection of the component accommodated in the cavity of the component wrapping tape by the detection device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The tape cutting processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a pushing member that is capable of being lifted and lowered by a support member, and configured to be inclined on a conveyance block formed with a guide groove for guiding the component wrapping tape, and of which two positions spaced in the conveyance direction of the component wrapping tape are biased by biasing members having different biasing forces, toward the conveyance block, wherein the peeling member is provided on the downstream side of the pushing member in the tape conveyance direction, wherein a pushing section, which pushes the component wrapping tape toward a conveyance reference surface of the guide groove so that the component wrapping tape is not separated from a sprocket of the conveyance device engaged with a feeding hole of the component wrapping tape, is provided on an upstream side of the pushing member in the tape conveyance direction, and wherein the pushing member is lifted by a lifting section provided in the air blow device by advancement of the air blow device onto the conveyance path, thereby allowing the peeling member to move to a position where peeling of the cover tape is not performed while maintaining pushing of the component wrapping tape to the conveyance reference surface by the pushing section. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The tape cutting processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cutting device includes a cutter which is capable of being lifted and lowered, and a cutter receiving table with which a leading end of the cutter is configured to be moved into pressed contact, and cuts the carrier tape and the cover tape by causing the cutter to be in pressed contact with the cutter receiving table. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The tape cutting processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the cutter receiving table is attached to a lifting and lowering block which is lifted and lowered by a cylinder via an elastic body, wherein a guide member, which guides a leading end portion of the component wrapping tape to a tape discard position when the component wrapping tape is cut, is rotatably provided on the downstream side of the cutting position in the tape conveyance direction, and wherein a lock mechanism for mechanically locking the lifting and lowering of the lifting and lowering block is provided in conjunction with the guide member to at a position for guiding the component wrapping tape to the tape discard position. ### Claim 6 A tape cutting processing method which performs cutting processing so that a leading end of a cover tape of a component wrapping tape, which is capable of being wound around a tape reel mounted on a tape feeder, protrudes by a predetermined protruding length from a leading end of a carrier tape, the cover tape being adhered on an upper face side of the carrier tape, in which the carrier tape is provided with cavities accommodating components at fixed pitches, the method comprising: spraying air to a downstream side of the component wrapping tape when the component wrapping tape is conveyed along a conveyance path in a tape conveyance direction, and feeding the cover tape after the cover tape has been peeled off from the carrier tape to the downstream side in the tape conveyance direction, and causing the cover tape to pass above a folding-back member; when the cover tape is passing above the folding-back member, conveying the component wrapping tape and causing the cover tape to fold back by the folding-back member so that adhesion surfaces of the cover tape face each other; and in a state where the cover tape is folded back by the folding-back member, cutting the carrier tape and the cover tape so that the leading end of the cover tape protrudes by the predetermined protruding length from the leading end of the carrier tape.