Component supply device

The present invention is provided with: a tape conveyance path that has, on the upstream side, a second conveyance path on which a carrier tape travels and a first conveyance path positioned above the second conveyance path, the second conveyance path converging with the first conveyance path and guiding the travel of the carrier tape in the downstream direction; a first tape conveyance unit that positions a carrier tape on the downstream side of the tape conveyance path from a position where the second conveyance path and the first conveyance path merge at a component removal position of the tape conveyance path; a tape holding unit that holds the carrier tape in at least a portion of the first conveyance path; a second tape transport unit that transports the carrier tape held by the tape holding unit in the downstream direction of the tape transport path; and a tape holding/releasing mechanism for dropping the carrier tape held by the tape holding unit to the second conveyance path, the tape holding/releasi