TAPE FEEDER AND COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS

The invention relates to a tape feeder and a component mounting apparatus. There is provided a tape feeder that feeds a carrier tape to supply components to a component suction position for a mountinghead in a component mounting apparatus. The tape feeder includes a first tape feed mechanism which is provided in a downstream side and feeds a preceding tape to the component suction position, and asecond tape feed mechanism provided in an upstream side and feeds a following tape from a tape introducing port side toward the first tape feed mechanism. The tape feeder also includes a tape slipping-off informing unit which informs the component mounting apparatus that the following tape is slipped off from the second tape feed mechanism. For example, the tape slipping-off informing unit decides that the following tape is slipped off when a rotation of a sprocket of the second tape feed mechanism in an opposite direction is detected. 本发明涉及带供给器和部件安装设备。提供种带供给器，所述带供给器供给载带，以将部件供应至用于部件安装设备中的安装头的部件吸拾位置。所述带供给器包括：被设置在下游侧并且将