Patent ID: 7811401

Claim:
A method of preparing a cassette spool comprising: unrolling a tape material on an original backing paper from a supply reel; cutting a portion of the unrolled tape material on a cutting surface while the unrolled tape material is still on said original backing paper to form a cut portion and an uncut portion, wherein the cutting surface is defined in a plane; separating the uncut portion of the unrolled tape material from the original backing paper by moving the unrolled tape material out of the plane with a first path member, while retaining the cut portion of the unrolled tape material on said original backing paper; feeding the cut portion of unrolled tape material on said original backing paper, without said uncut portion, between and against a removing member and at least one of said first path member or a second path member; feeding the separated uncut portion of the unrolled tape material along another portion of the removing member; and rolling the cut portion of unrolled tape material still on said original backing paper, without the separated uncut portion of the unrolled tape material which has been separated from the original backing paper, onto said cassette spool.