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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1997
Kazuo Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Komai, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A splicing method comprising the steps of: (a) holding a first tape on a first tape guiding portion and a second tape guiding portion which are positioned in alignment with each other; (b) cutting the first tape between the first tape guiding portion and the second tape guiding portion so as to allow a first end portion held on the first tape guiding portion and a second end portion held on the second tape guiding portion to be formed in the first tape; and (c) splicing one of the first end portion and the second end portion to a second tape, wherein a step (d) of detecting whether or not at least one of a portion of the first tape being held on the first tape guiding portion and a portion of the first tape being held on the second tape guiding portion is in a predetermined holding position is effected prior to step (c), and when the at least one is in the predetermined holding position, step (c) is effected. Accordingly, it is possible to dispense with inspection of an acceptable or unacceptable state of spliced portions of the first tape and the second tape.