Patent ID: 6033508
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a ribbon roll, comprising:(I) a ribbon supply process of drawing out and supplying a ribbon from a rolled ribbon material made by rolling up said ribbon;(II) an edit process of cutting the supplied ribbon along its width direction and further of joining a splice tape with a given length to the cut ribbon so that said splice tape is put between the cut ribbon sections; and(III) a take-up process of rolling up said ribbon in a state where said splice tape is interposed between the cut ribbon sections,wherein said edit process (II) comprising:(1) a splice tape edit step of drawing out said splice tape from a rolled splice tape material made by rolling up said splice tape to temporarily fix an end portion of said splice tape drawn out therefrom to a splice tape fixing means;(2) a ribbon conveyance step of conveying said ribbon with a given length from a supply unit to a take-up unit and then of temporarily fixing said ribbon to a ribbon supply side fixing means and a ribbon take-up side fixing means which are disposed to made a separation therebetween in the ribbon conveyance path and further of cutting said ribbon at a position between said ribbon supply side fixing means and said ribbon take-up side fixing means; and(3) a joining step between said splice tape and said ribbon, including the steps of:moving said splice tape fixing means and said ribbon supply side fixing means so that said ribbon supply side fixing means to which said ribbon is fixed is replaced with said splice tape fixing means to which the end portion of said splice tape is fixed;joining said ribbon fixed to said ribbon take-up side fixing means to said splice tape fixed to said splice tape fixing means;releasing said ribbon and said splice tape from the fixing on said ribbon take-up side fixing means and said splice tape fixing means, respectively, to deliver said ribbon joined to said splice tape by a given length in a ribbon take-up direction;temporarily fixing said splice tape to said ribbon take-up side fixing means and further to said splice tape fixing means to cut said splice tape between said ribbon take-up side fixing means and said splice tape fixing means;moving said ribbon supply side fixing means and said splice tape fixing means so that said splice tape fixing means to which said splice tape is fixed is replaced with said ribbon supply side fixing means to which said ribbon is fixed; andjoining said splice tape fixed to said ribbon take-up side fixing means to said ribbon fixed to said ribbon supply side fixing means.