摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove a connecting tape easily from film strips by gripping to pull the connecting tape overlapped with a part of an opening formed at the rear edge of the first film strip, and separating the connecting tape from the second film strip. SOLUTION: An opening 14 is formed at the rear edge 12 of a film strip 10, and a connecting tape 30 is disposed in such a way that an end part 32 is overlapped with a part of the opening 14. At the time of removing the connecting tape 30 from the film strips 10, 20, a gripper 48 is extended through a clearance 40 between support surface parts 42, 44, and enters into the opening 14 formed at the rear end 12 of the film strip 10, grips the end part 32 of the tape 30 and pulls it downward through the clearance 46. Meanwhile the connecting tape 30 is peeled off from the rear end 12 of the film strip 10, and as the film strips 10, 20 are moved, the connecting tape 30 is pulled going over the sharp edge 50 of the support surface 42 and pulled so as to be separated from a front edge 22 of the film strip 20. |