Tape feeder and component mounting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10225970-B2
Application number	US-201615075221-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 21, 2016
Priority date	Apr 27, 2015
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

A tape feeder includes a gate, a gate drive mechanism, and a tape feed mechanism. The gate is provided in an insertion port through which a carrier tape storing components is inserted. In the gate drive mechanism, a tape feed mechanism which drives the gate in opening and closing directions feeds the components stored in the inserted carrier tape to a pickup position. The gate drive mechanism includes a spring member which biases the gate in the closing direction, and a solenoid which drives the gate in the opening direction against a biasing force of the spring member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tape feeder comprising:
a gate provided in an insertion port through which a carrier tape storing a component is inserted;
a gate drive mechanism which drives the gate in an opening direction and a closing direction; and
a tape feed mechanism which feeds the component stored in the inserted carrier tape to a pickup position along a guide surface aligned with a height at which the carrier tape is fed,
wherein the gate drive mechanism includes: a spring member which biases the gate in the closing direction; and
a solenoid which drives the gate in the opening direction against a biasing force of the spring member, and
wherein the gate drive mechanism biases the gate in the closing direction where the gate abuts the guide surface when the tape feeder is in an unenergized state, and drives the gate in the opening direction which is an opposite direction to the closing direction when the tape feeder is in an energized state when power is supplied to the tape feeder.

2. The tape feeder of claim 1 , wherein the gate includes a contact portion which contacts a top surface of the carrier tape that is inserted in a state in which the gate is driven in the closing direction, and wherein the contact portion is provided with a cut capable of accommodating the component stored in the carrier tape.

3. The tape feeder of claim 1 , further comprising a gate drive member,
wherein the gate is bent downward and provided on an end portion of an upstream side of the gate drive member, and
both the spring member and a drive shaft of the solenoid are disposed on a top surface of the gate drive member.

4. A component mounting device comprising:
a tape feeder; and
a component mounting mechanism which picks up a component from the tape feeder, moves the component to a substrate, and mounts the component on the substrate,
wherein the tape feeder includes:
a gate provided in an insertion port through which a carrier tape storing the component is inserted;
a gate drive mechanism which drives the gate in an opening direction and a closing direction; and
a tape feed mechanism which feeds the component stored in the carrier tape inserted to a pickup position along a guide surface aligned with a height at which the carrier tape is fed, and
the gate drive mechanism includes:
a spring member which biases the gate in the closing direction; and
a solenoid which drives the gate in the opening direction against a biasing force of the spring member, and
wherein the gate drive mechanism biases the gate in the closing direction where the gate abuts the guide surface when the tape feeder is in an unenergized state, and drives the gate in the opening direction which is an opposite direction to the closing direction when the tape feeder is in an energized state when power is supplied to the tape feeder.

5. The component mounting device of claim 4 , further comprising a gate drive member,
wherein the gate is bent downward and provided on an end portion of an upstream side of the gate drive member, and
both the spring member and a drive shaft of the solenoid are disposed on a top surface of the gate drive member.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Eguchi Ryouji
• Kanai Kazunori
• Yasuhira Nobuto
• Yamamura Tatsuo
• Kitani Minoru
• Tamura Takashi

Classifications

• H05K13/0417 Primary

  Feeding with belts or tapes · CPC title

• H05K13/0419 Primary

  tape feeders · CPC title

• H05K13/021 Primary

  Loading or unloading of containers (H05K13/028 takes precedence) · CPC title