Supply device, and method for supplying band-like member

A method of feeding, to a pipe forming device, a strip-shaped member to be formed in a rehabilitation pipe, comprising the steps of:

• preparing a plurality of strip-shaped member feeding devices each comprising:
• a support frame;
• an annular-shaped rotary frame located on the side of an inner periphery of the support frame and supported in a rotatable manner;
• paired feeding rollers supported with respect to the rotary frame and configured to nip the strip-shaped member therebetween;
• a rotating motor installed to the support frame to rotate the rotary frame;
• a feeding motor installed to the support frame to rotate at least one of the feeding rollers;
• and a driving force transmission mechanism comprising a rotatable member relatively rotatable with respect to the rotary frame, wherein the rotary frame is comprised of a plurality of segments which are separably coupled together, and the at least one feeding roller is detachably coupled to the rotary frame, whereby the strip-shaped member can be set in the nipped state;
• installing the feeding devices in a rehabilitation pipe at a plurality of positions at intervals;
• penetratingly inserting the strip-shaped member in the rotary frame after releasing the coupling of the segments thereof;
• detaching the at least one feeding roller and nipping the strip-shaped member between the paired feeding rollers;
• attaching the feeding rollers to one of the separated segments of the rotary frame and coupling the separated segments of the rotary frame together to form an annular shape;
• and
• feeding out the strip-shaped member from one of the feeding devices toward a forward one of the remaining feeding devices or toward the pipe forming device, in the form of a helical configuration.