Abstract: A chip feeder for supplying a multiplicity of chip parts retained on a tape from a tape supply section to a parts takeout section of a chip mounter. The chip feeder comprises: a working lever having a first, second and third arm portions; a driving source for applying working force to the first arm portion; a tape feed device interlockingly connected to the second arm portion, for intermittently feeding the tape at a predetermined pitch; a protective tape peel-off device interlockingly connected to the third arm portion, for peeling the protective tape off the tape intermittently fed, and a chip takeout device for taking out the chip parts from the tape. The driving source and the chip takeout device are, respectively, a driving source and a chip takeout device for the chip mounter itself, and the working lever is interlocked in operation with the chip mounter.

Abstract: A chip feeder arranged to intermittently transport a tape having a row of a multiplicity of chip-like electronic parts retained thereon from a tape supply section to a chip takeout section along a guide path. Along the tape guide path are provided a pair of fixed and movable guide plates, a guide width adjusting device and a pitch adjusting device. The guide plates engage both lateral edges, respectively, of the tape being fed so as to guide it. The guide width adjusting device changes the spacing between the two guide plates in accordance with the width of the tape by moving the movable guide plate toward or away from the fixed guide plate. The pitch adjusting device adjusts the tape feed pitch in accordance with the dimensions of chips to be fed. Chips which are transported to the chip takeout section are removed from the tape by means of suction after a protective cover covering the tape has been separated therefrom.

Abstract: A chip mounter for automatically mounting an electronic part onto a substrate. The chip mounter has a sucker for vacuum-holding the electronic part, at least one pair of fingers capable of reciprocatively moving between an electronic part clamping position and a release position and of also moving vertically, and a guide for guiding the fingers so that they perform linear reciprocative movement. Positioners for clamping the electronic part are disposed on the respective distal ends of the fingers in such a manner that their positions are adjustable in the clamping direction.