摘要 |
There is provided an apparatus and a method of manufacturing a tape cartridge. A leader tape member is cut off into a first leader tape and a second leader tape, and the second leader tape is held by a first movable vacuum block. One end of the first leader tape is joined to one end of a magnetic tape, and the magnetic tape of a required length is taken up on a reel in a magnetic tape cartridge, and then the other end of the magnetic tape is joined to one end of the second leader tape held by the first movable vacuum block. According to the apparatus and the method of manufacturing a tape cartridge, the leader tape member, which is previously taken up on the reel in the magnetic tape cartridge, is cut off into the first leader tape and the second leader tape, and both ends of the magnetic tape are joined to one end of the first leader tape and one end of the second leader tape, respectively.
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