An apparatus for feeding a plurality of electric-component tapes each of
which includes a carrier tape and holds a plurality of electric components
in a lengthwise direction of the carrier tape, and supplying, from the
each electric-component tape, the electric components, one by one, to an
object device, the apparatus including a feeding device which feeds a
first electric-component tape in a lengthwise direction thereof, and a
connection-portion detecting device which detects a connection portion
where a terminal end portion of the first electric-component tape being
fed by the feeding device is connected to an initial end portion of a
second electric-component tape.
