Method of joining strip-shaped sheets

A method of joining strip-shaped sheets comprising:

• cutting at each of a reverse feed direction end of a strip-shaped sheet fed to a pressing machine and a feed direction end of a new strip-shaped sheet;
• placing the reverse feed direction end of the strip-shaped sheet fed to the pressing machine and the feed direction end of the new strip-shaped sheet face to face with one another;
• placing a first plate in contact with the reverse feed direction end of the strip-shaped sheet fed to the pressing machine and the feed direction end of the new strip-shaped sheet, wherein the reverse feed direction end of the strip-shaped sheet fed to the pressing machine and the feed direction end of the new strip-shaped sheet are arranged to be face to face with one another;
• and
• joining the new strip-shaped sheet to the strip-shaped sheet fed to the pressing machine by attaching a tape on the reverse feed direction end of the strip-shaped sheet fed to the pressing machine and the feed direction end of the new strip-shaped sheet, wherein the tape is attached from a side opposite the first plate with the first plate placed in contact with the reverse feed direction end of the strip-shaped sheet fed to the pressing machine and the feed direction end of the new strip-shaped sheet and with the reverse feed direction end of the new strip-shaped sheet and the feed direction end of an additional new strip-shaped sheet arranged to be face to face with one another,
• wherein the cutting is performed with the first plate in a first position, and the placing is performed with the first plate moved to a different position from the first position.