US 11,917,764 B2
Tape autoloading device
Kazushi Nonoyama, Toyota (JP); Satoshi Imanishi, Okazaki (JP); Daisuke Suzuki, Chiryu (JP); and Masami Kawabata, Okazaki (JP)
Assigned to FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu (JP)
Appl. No. 16/981,579
Filed by FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/015422
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 16, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/198207, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0076548 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 13/04 (2006.01); B65H 3/12 (2006.01); H05K 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 13/0419 (2018.08) [B65H 3/128 (2013.01); H05K 13/02 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tape autoloading device, comprising: a tape leading-end processing device configured to form the leading end of a carrier tape into a predetermined shape, the carrier tape comprising a base tape, provided with accommodation holes configured to contain components, and a cover tape, configured to adhere to the top face of the base tape;
and a transfer device configured to convey out the carrier tape in a first direction different from the tape longitudinal direction and transfer the carrier tape to a next step, the carrier tape having a leading end formed into the predetermined shape;
wherein the tape leading-end processing device further comprises:
a feeding device configured to convey the carrier tape along a conveyance path, formed as a groove in a guide member, extending in a straight line from a tape inlet to a predetermined processing position;
a pressing device configured to press on the top face of the carrier tape conveyed along the conveyance path; and
a cutting device configured to cut the leading end of the carrier tape conveyed along the conveyance path;
wherein the transfer device comprises:
a guide device configured to guide the carrier tape whose leading end is formed into the predetermined shape;
a gripping device configured to grip the leading end of the carrier tape guided by the guide device; and
a moving device configured to move the carrier tape, the leading end of which being gripped by the gripping device, in the first direction; and
wherein the tape autoloading device comprises a lift-up device which is configured to lift up the carrier tape above the upper edge of the side walls of the guide member, the carrier tape extending along the conveyance path and being lifted up before moving to the first direction by the moving device, and
wherein the lift-up device has an air supply device that performs lift-up by way of a pressure difference between the upper and lower spaces sandwiching the carrier tape extending along the conveyance path.