Patent ID: 7299845

Claim:
An adhesive tape joining apparatus for joining an adhesive tape formed into a curved shape in conformity with a curve of a tape joined surface to a workpiece having the curved tape joined surface, the apparatus comprising: a traveling and guiding first guide roller having a groove extending radially into and circumferentially around an outer periphery of the traveling and guiding first guiding roller, the traveling and guiding first guiding roller being rolled in a forward direction and moved in engagement with a part of the workpiece in a main body moved and operated along the tape joined surface in the workpiece; a plurality of posture holding guide rollers for holding the main body with respect to the workpiece in a predetermined posture under guidance in contact with another surface of the workpiece, the plurality of posture holding guide rollers being rolled in the forward direction one behind another; a joining roller for joining the supplied adhesive tape to the tape joined surface of the workpiece under elastic pressure; a tape supplying roller for introducing the adhesive tape to the joining roller under winding guidance; and a tape guide for preventing any tape separation, disposed in parallel and opposite to the tape supplying roller with a clearance, wherein one end in a tape width direction of the tape inserting clearance defined between the tape supplying roller and the tape guide is released, thereby a tape positioner is formed for positioning the tape in the tape width direction by slidably guiding one side edge of the adhesive tape at an inner end of the tape inserting clearance, and the adhesive tape is inserted and moved while allowing the tape to be moved toward a releasing side edge of the adhesive tape opposite to the tape positioner, and wherein at least one of the plurality of posture holding guide rollers is disposed in front of the tape supplying roller relative to the forward direction and the traveling and guiding first guide roller is disposed in front of the at least one of the plurality of posture holding guide rollers relative to the forward direction.