Patent ID: 7954534

Claim:
A tape sticking apparatus, comprising: a feed-out device for feeding out a raw sheet in which a strip-shaped tape base material, having an adhesive sheet portion with a size substantially corresponding to the shape of a plate-shaped member, is temporarily stuck on one surface of a strip-shaped release liner; a cutting device disposed on a pathway feeding out the raw sheet, the cutting device being configured to form a closed-loop-shaped cut-line corresponding to the shape of a ring frame encircling the adhesive sheet portion on the tape base material to form a sticking tape; a peeling device for peeling the sticking tape from the release liner; a sticking device for sticking the sticking tape to the ring frame, by moving the plate-shaped member disposed on the inside of the ring frame relative to the peeling device so that the adhesive sheet portion substantially corresponds to the surface of the plate-shaped member; and a cut-line detecting device, for detecting whether any cut-line is already formed on the tape base material, is disposed on an upstream side of the cutting device with respect to a feeding out direction of the raw sheet; wherein said cutting device includes a die cutting roll having a cutting blade on a circumferential peripheral surface thereof, the die cutting roll having a blank area with no cutting blade disposed on a portion of said circumferential peripheral surface, and a platen disposed opposite to the die cutting roll; wherein the cutting device is configured to allow the raw sheet to pass without forming a cut-line when said blank area faces the platen; and wherein the cutting device is configured to form the cut cut-line when no cut-line is detected on the tape base material.