System for applying electronic components to a circuit board

An electronic-component mounting system composed of an electronic-component-mounting machine for mounting electronic components to a printed circuit board and an electronic-component supplying machine for supplying electronic components to said electronic-component mounting machine, said electronic-component supplying machine comprising:

• at least one cartridge for containing radial type electronic components, having respectively therein a container containing a tape, to which each of a pair of lead wires extending in a same parallel direction from a head of said radial type electronic components is stuck at the tip portions thereof;
• a tape-drawing-out mechanism for pulling out a tape loaded with said components from a basket body;
• and a lead wire positioning mechanism for positioning one after another said pair of lead wires stuck on said tape in relation to said electronic component mounting machine;
• a cutting mechanism associated with such a cartridge containing radial type electronic components for shearing the positioned lead wires of said radial type electronic components;
• at least one cartridge for containing axial type electronic components having respectively therein a container containing a pair of tapes, to which each pair of lead wires extending in a same axial but opposite direction from a head of said axial type electronic components are respectively stuck at each tip portion thereof, to be pulled out with one end ahead, and a form-rectifying and positioning mechanism associated with such a cartridge containing axial type electronic components for shearing one after another said pair of lead wires stuck on said tapes, rectifying form of said lead wires by bending the same at right angle into a mutually parallelly extending status with a predetermined distance from each other, and positioning the form-rectified lead wires in relation to said electronic component-mounting machine;
• and
• a table to which said two types of cartridges are attached, in a desired order and in an easily detachable manner, said table and said mounting machine being relatively movable to each other for making desired one of said cartridge confront said mounting machine;
• and wherein
• said electronic-component mounting machine is provided with at least one chuck for commonly receiving both of the radial type electronic components and the axial type electronic components directly from the two types of cartridges irrespective of mixture of types, holding said components at their lead wires, and transferring the held components to right above lead-wire-inserting holes of said printed circuit board into which said held lead wires are to be inserted.