Chip-type electronic element supplying apparatus

A chip-type electronic element supplying apparatus for supplying chip-type electronic elements from taped electronic element groups, each of said groups including a carrier tape provided with accommodating portions which accommodate said chip-type elements and a cover tape applied on said carrier tape, said chip-type electronic element supplying apparatus comprising:

• a body frame, having a recessed portion formed at a first end portion;
• a plurality of reels, each of said reels having one of said taped electronic element groups wound thereon;
• reel side plates, disposed at a second end portion of said body frame, for rotatively fastening said plurality of said reels;
• tape feeding mechanisms, disposed in said recessed portion, each of said tape feeding mechanisms including a feeding means which is engaged to a carrier tape of one of said taped electronic groups, said feeding means for intermittently coveying said carrier tape;
• wherein a number of said feeding mechanisms corresponds to a number of said plurality of reels;
• tape retainers disposed above said feeding mechanisms;
• a cut portion for separating cover tape from carrier tape of said taped electronic groups;
• a cover tape take-up portion, disposed in an intermediate portion of said body frame, for receiving said cover tape separated from said carrier tape and providing said separated cover tape to a portion of said tape retainers for taking up said separated cover tape, said cover tape-up portion comprising tape-up reels each having flanges and each being arranged such that an outer portion of at least one of its flanges has a gear shape take-up ratchet, each of said take-up ratchets including said at least one flange;
• a drive mechanism, for said tape-up ratchets, disposed to be in alignment with said take-up reels of said cover tape take-up portion;
• and
• an element taking-out portion, disposed in a front portion of said tape retainers, through which said chip-type electronic elements are taken out from said carrier tape.