Electronic component feeding apparatus
AssigneeTaiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
InventorsKoji Saito, Atsuo Kamimura, Satoshi Tsuchiya
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Abstract
An electronic component feeding apparatus which conveys electronic components in a ranging condition and feeds a foremost electronic component to a component taking-out position. This apparatus includes a component conveying passage, a shutter for opening and closing a component outlet port of the component passage, a component stopper including an air suction path which leads to the component outlet port, a shutter for opening and closing the component outlet port, an air suction unit having an air suction port, an air tube for communicating an air suction force from the air suction port to the air suction path, and a lever mechanism for operating the shutter and the air suction unit.
Claims8
An electronic component feeding apparatus, comprising:
- a component passage for conveying electronic components in a ranging condition, said component passage having a component outlet port;
- a shutter for opening and closing the component outlet port of the component passage;
- a component stopper for stopping an advancement of the electronic components, said component stopper including an air suction path which leads to the component outlet port of the component passage;
- an air suction unit having an air suction port;
- an air tube for communicating an air suction force from the air suction port of the air suction unit to the air suction path of the component stopper;
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- a lever mechanism for operating the shutter and the air suction unit so that the air suction force acts in the air suction path of the component stopper through the air tube when the component outlet port of the component passage is closed by the shutter, and no air suction force acts in the air suction path of the component stopper through the air tube when the component outlet port of the component passage is opened by the shutter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.