Method of and apparatus for sticking tape on reel hub and method of and apparatus for winding tape on tape reel in tape cartridge

a technology of tape winding and tape end portion, which is applied in the direction of thin material processing, data recording, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of radial winding irregularity, possible excess of stick liquid applied quantitatively, and failure of sticking of tape end portion to the reel hub, etc., and achieves high yield rate

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-11-15
FUJIFILM CORP
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[0018] The method of and apparatus for sticking a tape end portion of tape strip on a reel hub of a tape reel installed in an empty cartridge realizes secured sticking of the tape end portion of tape strip on the reel hub. Further, the method of and apparatus for winding a tape strip on a reel hub of ...

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A problem encountered by the tape sticking device is that, because the sticking liquid is distributed uniformly in a tape width direction on the tape end portion, the sticking liquid is possibly applied in quantitatively excess.
Such an excessive sticking liquid application causes slippage between the tape end portion and the reel hub which accounts for offset sticking of the tape end portion relative to the reel hub or a failure in sticking the tape end portion relative to the reel hub at worst.
In other cases, a redundant sticking liquid runs off from...

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[0027] The present invention is suitable for use on all types of tape cartridges and has particular application in the assembling of tape cartridges which are compliant with Linear Tape Open (LTO) standard. However, it should be appreciated that the invention has broader application and is not limited to this particular use.

[0028] Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a tape winding apparatus 100 for winding a magnetic tape strip MT onto a reel hub H of a tape reel CR in an empty tape cartridge C. As shown in FIG. 1, the tape winding apparatus 100 winds a predetermined length of magnetic tape strip MT on the reel hub H installed in the cartridge case C. The predetermined length of magnetic tape strip MT is prepared by cutting a magnetic tape stock rolled in the shape like a pancake into rolls of magnetic tape strips MT, each roll having a given tape width, and by cutting the magnetic tape strip MT in a roll into the predetermined l...

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A tape end sticking apparatus sticking a tape end of a tape strip on a reel hub of a tape reel installed in a cartridge case having an egress/ingress opening before winding the tape strip onto the reel hub is described. The tape end sticking apparatus includes a tape carrier for grasping a tape end portion and bringing the tape end portion in close proximity to the reel hub which is movable into and out from a tape cartridge case through a cartridge opening and a liquid applying device for applying a sticking liquid to the reel hub and/or the tape end portion in a spread pattern having a width smaller at a remotest end than a foremost end thereof when the tape end sticking apparatus brings the tape end portion in close proximity to the reel hub.

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BACKGROUND OF THE ION [0001] 1. Field of the invention [0002] The present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for attaching a tape strip end of magnetic tape strip on a reel hub of a tape reel in an empty tape cartridge and a method of and an apparatus for winding a tape strip onto a tape reel in an empty tape cartridge. [0003] 2. Description of Related Art [0004] Typically, magnetic tape cartridges are commonly used as an external memory device for computer data backup. Such a magnetic tape cartridge comprises a cartridge case, a tape reel and its associated parts enclosed in the cartridge case. The cartridge case has a tape egress / ingress opening located in one of end walls. In a final stage of a cartridge case production line, a magnetic tape strip is wound onto a tape reel in the cartridge case. Tape winding is entered by firmly sticking a tape end of the magnetic tape strip on the reel hub using a tape sticking device. There have been proposed a variety of tape st...

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IPC IPC(8): B65H19/28
CPCG11B23/20G11B23/113
Inventor KUBOTA, KAZUO
Owner FUJIFILM CORP
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