Patent ID: 8349106
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of joining an adhesive tape to an adherend, comprising: a detecting step; a removing step removing the joint in accordance with detected results; and a joining step joining the adhesive tape with the joint removed therefrom to the adherend, the detecting step including: detecting a joint in the adhesive tape directly by a detector during supplying to the adherend the adhesive tape of a long length in which adhesive tapes of a predetermined length are connected to one another; transmitting detection signals to a controller that are detected from initiating to terminating of detecting the joint, detecting a length of the joint by the controller, determining an allowable length of the adhesive tape capable of being joined from a joining portion to the joint in accordance with the length of the joint, a length of a transportation path determined in advance corresponding to a distance from a detecting position to a tape joining position of the adhesive tape, and a unit length of the adhesive tape joined to the adherend; and determining a removal length including the joint backward from the allowable length.