Patent ID: 6916394

Claim:
A method for serially connecting two carrier tapes with a connecting member, said connecting member comprising: a base film; a belt-like reference band substantially fixed on said base film; a bonding tape adhering on said base film; and a cover film covering said bonding tape, wherein a straight reference face is provided on a longitudinal side of said reference band closely to said bonding tape, and said method comprising the steps of: peeling the cover film off said base film; positioning an edge portion of a first carrier tape on said base film in such a manner that said first carrier tape is brought into contact with said reference band along the reference face; bonding the edge portion of said first carrier tape to the bonding tape; positioning an edge portion of a second carrier tape on said base film in such a manner that said second carrier tape is brought into contact with said reference band along the reference face and is also brought into contact with said first carrier tape along their edge portions; bonding the edge portion of said second carrier tape to the bonding tape; and removing an assembly of said first and second carrier tapes serially connected by said bonding tape from said base film.