Storage case
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasuhiro Shimizu, Kiyoyuki Nakagawa
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Abstract
A storage case includes a storage space in which a component is to be accommodated, and is attached to a feeder to supply the component to a mounting device, the storage case includes a component takeout port in a side wall and extending in a vertical direction when the storage case is attached to the feeder, and an inclined surface within the storage space and extending to a lower edge of the component takeout port, which is at a bottom of the component takeout port when the storage case is attached to the feeder.
Claims13
A storage case including a storage space in which a component is to be accommodated, the storage case comprising:
- at least one side wall;
- a component takeout port in only one side wall of the at least one sidewall;
- an inclined surface within the storage space and extending toward the component takeout port;
- a cover that slides along the component takeout port to open and close the component takeout port;
- a guide groove in the side wall to guide a sliding movement of the cover;
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- a driver to drive and slide the cover, in an outer wall other than the side wall;
- wherein the inclined surface is flat or substantially flat;
- a difference between a width of the guide groove and a thickness of the cover is about 50 μm to about 80 μm;
- the cover includes a circular or substantially circular hole in a rear end thereof;
- and
- the driver is fitted to the hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.