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US 12,167,539 B2Granted
Tape feeder
AssigneeFuji Corporation
InventorHideki Hashimoto
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Abstract
There is provided a tape feeder for supplying, using a taped electric component including a carrier tape and multiple electric components held onto the carrier tape, the electric component in a supply position, the tape feeder including a detection sensor configured to detect presence or absence of the electric component in the supply position.
Claims5
A tape feeder for supplying an electric component held on a carrier tape in a supply position, the tape feeder comprising:
- a cutting device configured to cut off the electric component from the carrier tape, the cutting device including a lifting and lowering block, and a pair of cutters detachably fixed to the lifting and lowering block:
- a clamp device configured to clamp the electric component, the clamp device including a pair of clamp arms coupled together by a coupling roller;
- a bending device configured to bend a lead of the electric component in order to supply the electric component with the lead that is bent in the supply position, the bending device including a support block and a pair of bending rollers disposed on a side surface of the lifting and lowering block;
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- a detection sensor configured to detect presence or absence of the electric component in the supply position,
- wherein the detection sensor is disposed on an upper surface of a fixation table, and
- wherein in a maximum upper position of the support block, the coupling roller abuts a lower surface of the fixation table.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.