US 12,246,869 B2
Component mounting system and tape scraps collecting device
Hiroki Kobayashi, Fukuoka (JP); Naoki Azuma, Osaka (JP); Chikara Takata, Fukuoka (JP); Yuzo Asano, Fukuoka (JP); Toru Chikuma, Fukuoka (JP); and Hiroshi Satoh, Fukuoka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/637,720.
Application 18/637,720 is a continuation of application No. 18/339,403, filed on Jun. 22, 2023, granted, now 11,987,408.
Application 18/339,403 is a continuation of application No. 18/150,874, filed on Jan. 6, 2023, granted, now 11,724,842, issued on Aug. 15, 2023.
Application 18/150,874 is a continuation of application No. 17/647,196, filed on Jan. 6, 2022, granted, now 11,584,552, issued on Feb. 21, 2023.
Application 17/647,196 is a continuation of application No. 16/930,458, filed on Jul. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,254,456, issued on Feb. 22, 2022.
Application 16/930,458 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/003293, filed on Jan. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-079725 (JP), filed on Apr. 18, 2018; and application No. 2018-079726 (JP), filed on Apr. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0262550 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B65B 15/04 (2006.01); B65G 47/68 (2006.01); H05K 13/02 (2006.01); H05K 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 15/04 (2013.01) [B65G 47/68 (2013.01); H05K 13/02 (2013.01); H05K 13/0417 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A component mounting system comprising:
a plurality of component mounting devices being arranged on a floor surface, each of the plurality of component mounting devices being configured to:
convey a board;
mount components supplied by tape feeders from a carrier tapes onto the board;
cut the carrier tapes by a cutter device; and
discharge scraps of the carrier tapes from a feeder cart having the tape feeders;
a conveyor installed in a space under the plurality of component mounting devices, the conveyor being installed separately from the component mounting devices in the space, the conveyor being configured to convey the scraps discharged from a plurality of feeder carts attached to the plurality of component mounting devices; and
a scrap storage being configured to store the scraps conveyed by the conveyor.