Patent ID: 6047919
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: G11B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for attachment of a tape body onto a tape reel, comprising the steps of:attaching a clamp member on a reel hub provided at a central portion of the tape reel with an end portion of the tape body between the clamp member and the reel hub to allow the reel hub to support thereon an end portion of the tape body wound around an outer circumferential surface of the reel hub,deforming a base end portion of a supporting portion side of the tape body onto the reel hub while pressing the base end portion at a fixed pressure to the reel hub by pressing means, andpressing the base end portion of the tape body to the outer circumferential surface of the reel hub in a winding direction for a predetermined time while the base end portion of the tape body is heated to deform said base end portion in a winding direction of the reel hub so as to follow the outer circumferential surface of the reel hub.