PURPOSE: To provide a feeder capable of preventing a component to be supplied from being clogged and inclined.

CONSTITUTION: A feeder for a thin and long component, in particular a component with a head is provided with a gripper having a feed tube having an inlet orifice connectable with a supply line and an orifice in a region of its top part and at least two grip arms 1, and the grip arm 1 has a front grip region 2 and a rear pivot shaft region 3. The gripper is arranged in a feed tube having a lower plane in the region of its top part and an upper plane opposing to it. The grip arms 1 have guide steps 6, respectively, and, preferably, guide step 6 is provided with taper and is extended on an end face 5 in the longitudinal direction bent from the pivot shaft region toward the upper plane into the grip region 2. The guide step 6 serves to guide a head of the thin and long component. The grip arm 1 has a recessed part 7 suitable for the thin and long component gripped in the grip region 2.