Chip component feeding apparatus and attracting plate for use in same
AssigneeTaiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
InventorsKoji Saito, Taro Yasuda
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Abstract
A chip component feeding apparatus translates chip components in alignment along a passage and feeds the foremost chip component to a predetermined take-out position. The foremost chip component is separated from the remaining translated chip components. A stopper is displaceable between a predetermined stop position where the foremost chip component stops, and a predetermined take-out position spaced from the stop position. A first attracting section attracts the foremost chip component to the stopper to displace the stopper and the foremost chip component at the stopped position. A second attracting section attracts the foremost chip component to a transport belt.
Claims15
An attracting plate for use in a chip component feeding apparatus, comprising:
- a plate having a structure enabling the plate to be removably attached to constituent elements of the feeding apparatus, said plate having an elongated rectangular shape and including one or more attracting sections for exerting a force in the direction of chip advancement on transported chip components for temporarily attracting the same to enable guided movement thereof in the advancement direction, at least one of said attracting sections having at least one attracting element having a circular cross-section in a plane parallel to the direction of chip advancement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.