Patent ID: 7967049

Claim:
A tape exfoliation apparatus for peeling a removal tape from a removal-tape-attached adhesive tape, comprising: a supply section for supplying the removal-tape-attached adhesive tape; a carrier plate configured to move from a first position to a second position while holding the removal-tape-attached adhesive tape in a folded manner such that the removal tape comes to the inside and which subsequently moves from the second position to the first position; and a holding section positioned underneath the carrier plate when the carrier plate is in the second position, the holding section is configured to hold an adhesive tape side of the removal-tape-attached adhesive tape at the second position, wherein the carrier plate is configured to move from the second position to the first position while the removal-tape-attached adhesive tape is being held by the holding section and while the removal tape is folded over an extremity of the carrier plate, thereby peeling the removal tape, and the holding section remains at the second position when the carrier plate is in the first position.