IP Library Granted Patent US 9,802,399
Granted Patent B2
US 9,802,399 · App. 14/911,354 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Feeder

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Patent No.
US 9,802,399
App. No.
14/911,354
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A feeder provided with multiple types of tape peeling units, which are based on the type of carrier tape to be fed by the feeder, that are detachably attached to a tip section of the feeder; a cutter member, which is provided on the multiple types of tape peeling units, that peels one edge of cover tape of the carrier tape to reveal a component stored in a storage section; an identification mark provided on the multiple types of tape peeling units; an identification sensor, which is provided on main body of the feeder, that identifies the identification mark; and a comparing device that compares information recognized by the identification sensor and information of the component stored in the carrier tape.

Claims (17)

1. A feeder capable of continuously feeding a first carrier tape and a second carrier tape to a component supply position without splicing, the feeder comprising:

multiple types of tape peeling units, which are based on the type of carrier tape to be fed by the feeder, that are detachably attached to a tip section of the feeder;

a cutter member, which is provided on the multiple types of tape peeling units, that peels an edge of cover tape of the carrier tape to reveal a component stored in a storage section of the carrier tape;

an identification mark provided on the multiple types of tape peeling units;

an identification sensor, which is provided on a main body of the feeder, that identifies the identification mark;

a comparing section that compares information recognized by the identification sensor and information of the component stored in the carrier tape; and

a fold-over member that erects the edge of the cover tape which was peeled by the cutter member and folds over the edge of the cover tape in a width direction of the cover tape,

wherein a gap is formed between the fold-over member and a partition of the main body, the partition and the fold-over member overlapping in a width direction of the cover tape, and

wherein a folded portion of the cover tape is inserted in the gap by the fold-over member.

2. The feeder according to claim 1 ,

wherein both edge sections of the cover tape are adhered to base tape of the carrier tape, and a cutting edge of the cutter member that peels the cover tape is arranged at a different position in the width direction of the carrier tape for each of the multiple types of tape peeling units.

3. The feeder according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a guide that collects the cover tape and the carrier tape fixed to an end of the main body.

4. The feeder according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fold-over member includes an inclined surface that is inclined in the width direction of the cover tape.

5. The feeder according to claim 4 ,

wherein the fold-over member folds the cover tape upstream of a component supply position.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 19, 2018
From: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
To: FUJI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046591/0109 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2016
From: OHASHI, HIROYASU; MURASE, HIROKI; KUNIHIRO, TSUTOMU
To: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037702/0197 →