Patent ID: 6073872
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: G11B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A deforming apparatus for a tape body, comprising:a pair of tape reels for respectively supporting end portions of a tape body by respective clamp members attached to reel hubs provided at respective central portions of said tape reels;a pair of rotatable reel tables on which the pair of tape reels are respectively mounted;reel table pressing operation means for enabling one reel table to undergo relative translational movement with respect to the other reel table and for rotating said one reel table;heating means for heating and deforming the tape body disposed in a manner such that the heating means contacts a hub of said one reel at an end of said movement, and said heating means is structured such that a front end surface is formed so as to take a shape of a curved surface defined as a recess-shaped portion shaped in correspondence with a curvature of the outer circumferential surface of a reel hub; andbiasing means for rotationally biasing, in a direction opposite to each other, the pair of tape reels respectively mounted on the pair of reel tables.