Component feeder

A component feeder for consecutively supplying components one at a time to a specified supply position, the components being taped components in which multiple components are held at a specified arrangement pitch in carrier tape by leads, multiple of which extend from a component main body in one direction, the component feeder comprising:

• a feeding mechanism configured to intermittently feed the taped components in a feeding direction at a specified feeding pitch to the supply position;
• a first lead cutting mechanism configured to, for separating the component positioned at the supply position from the carrier tape, for the component having three leads, cut two of the leads that are on an outer side of the three leads at a given position such that a length by which the two leads protrudes from the component main body is a first length;
• and a second lead cutting mechanism configured to, before the cutting of the two leads by the first lead cutting mechanism, cut a single lead that is at a center of the three leads positioned forward of the supply position in the feeding direction to a second length that is shorter than the first length.