Abstract: A feeder insertion/removal device includes an insertion and removal movement mechanism, a detection unit, and an insertion and removal control unit. The insertion and removal movement mechanism moves the feeder along an insertion and removal direction with respect to the holder. The detection unit detects a load index value that is an index of a load applied to the feeder by movement of the feeder at the time of insertion and removal of the feeder into and from the holder by the insertion and removal movement mechanism. The insertion and removal control unit controls the movement of the feeder at the time of insertion and removal into and from the holder by inputting at a drive signal to the insertion and removal movement mechanism based on the load index value detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: A component supply device includes a tape feeder configured to feed a tape including a storage configured to store a component and a cover tape configured to cover an upper side of the storage, and a press including a columnar protrusion configured to press an upper surface of a portion of the cover tape that covers the storage.

Abstract: A component supply apparatus includes a sending part configured to send tape housing a component therein in a sending direction so as to supply the component to a component supply position; a main body having an opposed surface extending in the sending direction, which faces a lower surface of the tape being sent by the sending part; a leaf spring member extending in the sending direction and having both end portions in contact with the opposed surface and a center portion curved upward so as to support the lower surface of the tape while urging the lower surface of the tape upward at the component supply position; and an urging member disposed between the leaf spring member and the opposed surface so as to urge the leaf spring member upward.

Abstract: A component mounting device described herein includes a tape driving section (a driving shaft motor, a front-side sprocket, a timing belt) feeding forward component tapes including components, a tape guide section guiding downward an empty tape that has no component as a result of suctioning with a suction nozzle, a tape cutting section disposed below the tape guide section and cutting the empty tape according to determination that the component tape has no component, and a tape discharge section disposed below the tape cutting section and discharging downward a cut part of the empty tape.

Abstract: In a component supply device, an opener is configured to move in a second direction with movement of a tape in the second direction when the tape is fed in the second direction opposite to a first direction in which the tape is fed from a tape feeder to the opener.

Abstract: A parts replenishment system configured to replenish a parts supply device attached to a parts mounting device with parts includes an instruction device configured to issue an instruction to unload the parts from a storage. The parts replenishment system further includes a presentation device configured to present preprocessing identification information for identifying preprocessing, which is processing on a packaging material for the parts for which an unloading instruction has been issued by the instruction device before replenishment of the parts supply device with the parts.

Abstract: A filter removal method for removing a filter held in a filter holding space provided in a tip part of a nozzle shaft in a component suction head, in which a suction nozzle is detachably attached to the tip part of the nozzle shaft, from the component suction head. The method comprises a deforming step of compressing and deforming the filter in the filter holding space, and a discharging step of discharging the compressed and deformed filter from the filter holding space.

Abstract: A component mounting device described herein includes a tape driving section (a driving shaft motor, a front-side sprocket, a timing belt) feeding forward component tapes including components, a tape guide section guiding downward an empty tape that has no component as a result of suctioning with a suction nozzle, a tape cutting section disposed below the tape guide section and cutting the empty tape according to determination that the component tape has no component, and a tape discharge section disposed below the tape cutting section and discharging downward a cut part of the empty tape.

Abstract: In a filter holding structure for holding a filter in a component suction head in which a suction nozzle is detachably attached to a tip part of a nozzle shaft, a filter holding space for holding the filter and an opening allowing communication between the filter holding space and the suction nozzle are provided in a tip part of the nozzle shaft. Also, a communication region of the filter holding space connected to the opening is made narrower than an end surface of the filter on the suction nozzle side and is held in the tip part of the nozzle shaft.

Abstract: A component supply device includes a tape feeder configured to feed a tape including a storage configured to store a component and a cover tape configured to cover an upper side of the storage, and a press including a columnar protrusion configured to press an upper surface of a portion of the cover tape that covers the storage.

Abstract: In a component supply device, an opener is configured to move in a second direction with movement of a tape in the second direction when the tape is fed in the second direction opposite to a first direction in which the tape is fed from a tape feeder to the opener.

Abstract: A component supply device is a device for supplying components housed in a component storage tape to a component extraction position. The component storage tape traveling toward a component exposure part is guided by a tape guide. This tape guide includes a guide body, and first and second positioning guide members. In the tape guide, the guide body includes a pair of side wall parts that defines a fourth tape traveling path wider than a maximum allowable width of the component storage tape. In the tape guide, the first and second positioning guide members and include first and second bent parts respectively that function as a pair of tape side surface guide parts that guides side surfaces of the component storage tape. The first and second bent parts are apart from each other at a distance shorter than a width of the fourth tape traveling path.

Abstract: A component feeder for feeding components to a component feeding position using a component feeding tape including a carrier tape holding the components at equal intervals and a covering tape attached to the upper surface of the carrier tape. The component feeder includes a driving sprocket and a tape guide. The driving sprocket is configured to feed the component feeding tape to the component feeding portions. The tape guide includes a pressing surface to press an upper surface of the component feeding tape fed to the component feeding position. The tape guide includes a component exposing portion and an adjustment portion. The component exposing portion includes an inserting portion to be inserted between the carrier tape and the covering tape. The adjustment portion is configured to adjust a projection amount of the inserting portion from the pressing surface.

Abstract: A component supply device is a device for supplying components housed in a component storage tape to a component extraction position. The component storage tape traveling toward a component exposure part is guided by a tape guide. This tape guide includes a guide body, and first and second positioning guide members. In the tape guide, the guide body includes a pair of side wall parts that defines a fourth tape traveling path wider than a maximum allowable width of the component storage tape. In the tape guide, the first and second positioning guide members and include first and second bent parts respectively that function as a pair of tape side surface guide parts that guides side surfaces of the component storage tape. The first and second bent parts are apart from each other at a distance shorter than a width of the fourth tape traveling path.

Abstract: A component feeder for feeding components to a component feeding position using a component feeding tape including a carrier tape holding the components at equal intervals and a covering tape attached to the upper surface of the carrier tape. The component feeder includes a driving sprocket and a tape guide. The driving sprocket is configured to feed the component feeding tape to the component feeding portions. The tape guide includes a pressing surface to press an upper surface of the component feeding tape fed to the component feeding position. The tape guide includes a component exposing portion and an adjustment portion. The component exposing portion includes an inserting portion to be inserted between the carrier tape and the covering tape. The adjustment portion is configured to adjust a projection amount of the inserting portion from the pressing surface.

Abstract: A filter removal method for removing a filter held in a filter holding space provided in a tip part of a nozzle shaft in a component suction head, in which a suction nozzle is detachably attached to the tip part of the nozzle shaft, from the component suction head. The method comprises a deforming step of compressing and deforming the filter in the filter holding space, and a discharging step of discharging the compressed and deformed filter from the filter holding space.

Abstract: In a filter holding structure for holding a filter in a component suction head in which a suction nozzle is detachably attached to a tip part of a nozzle shaft, a filter holding space for holding the filter and an opening allowing communication between the filter holding space and the suction nozzle are provided in a tip part of the nozzle shaft. Also, a communication region of the filter holding space connected to the opening is made narrower than an end surface of the filter on the suction nozzle side and is held in the tip part of the nozzle shaft.

Abstract: A nipple coating member and a milking device for gathering mother's milk effectively. The pad of a milking device comprises a tubular frame having a large diameter side opening for inserting the nipple formed on one end side and a small diameter side opening formed on the other end side, a first flexible portion provided at a part in the circumferential direction between the large diameter side opening and the small diameter side opening of the tubular frame, and a second flexible portion provided at a position opposing the first flexible portion independently thereof. The first flexible portion can be deformed inward of the tubular frame by a pressing force from the outside of the pad, and the second flexible portion can be deformed outward of the tubular frame by a pressing force from the inside of the pad.

Abstract: A nipple coating member and a milking device for gathering mother's milk effectively. The pad of a milking device comprises a tubular frame having a large diameter side opening for inserting the nipple formed on one end side and a small diameter side opening formed on the other end side, a first flexible portion provided at a part in the circumferential direction between the large diameter side opening and the small diameter side opening of the tubular frame, and a second flexible portion provided at a position opposing the first flexible portion independently thereof. The first flexible portion can be deformed inward of the tubular frame by a pressing force from the outside of the pad, and the second flexible portion can be deformed outward of the tubular frame by a pressing force from the inside of the pad.