Patent ID: 8440040

Claim:
A tape adhering method comprising the steps of: drawing out a tape from a tape roller; fixing one portion of the tape, which has been drawn out from the tape roller, by a braking means; further drawing out the tape, which has been fixed by the braking means, from the tape roller between the braking means and the tape roller; reducing a braking force of the braking means so that the tape is sent out; drawing out a release of the tape from a tip portion of the tape when the braking force is reduced to position the tape below an adhering roller to adhere the tape onto an edge of an object to be adhered; fixing the tape by the braking means; stopping the drawing out of the release of the tape; stopping the drawing out of the tape from the tape roller, when the tape has been drawn out by a predetermined amount; and adhering the tape, which is located downstream of the braking means, onto the object to be adhered.