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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1988
Toshiya Odaka, Tokyo, JP;
Otari Electric Company Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a tape winding method comprising the steps of inspecting an elongated tape for one or a plurality of positions for defects contained in the tape in a state where the tape is wound onto a tape supply reel prior to being wound into a cartridge; and winding the inspected tape into a cartridge wherein when a part of the tape corresponding to the next reel has any defect, its part is cut out and removed or discarded, and on the other hand when a part of the tape corresponding to the next reel does not have any defect its part is wound into the cartridge, all of such processing being performed by means of a machine or apparatus of the present invention.