Résumé dans la langue de publication In a component feeding apparatus wherein a component carrying tape (1) is fed at a predetermined pitch toward a component feeding position (30) and the cover tape (1b) is peeled off before the component feeding position (30) so that a component (5) is taken out from an accommodating space (1c) and fed at the component feeding position (30), the component (5) is supplied at the component feeding position (30) stably in an appropriate attitude. A slit (36) is provided to a shutter (35) movable between a position where it covers the upper surface of the component carrying tape (1) at the component feeding position (30) and a position where it opens the component feeding position (30), through which slit (36) the cover tape (1b) peeled off from the component carrying tape (1) is passed and drawn out so as to separate the process of peeling off the cover tape (1b) and the process of pitch-feeding the component carrying tape (1), thereby preventing the component (5) from being displaced within the accommodating space (1c).