Method for producing pressure-sensitive adhesive tape package

A method for producing a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape package, the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape package accommodating a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having a support and an adhesive agent layer provided on one surface of the support, the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape package comprising a release sheet to which the adhesive agent layer of the adhesive tape is releasably attached, the method comprising:

• a step of feeding a release sheet base material serving as the release sheet to a predetermined feed position;
• a step of sequentially feeding a plurality of rows of a plurality of adhesive tapes to the release sheet base material at the feed position, and bonding the adhesive tapes to the release sheet base material such that predetermined spaces are formed between the adhesive tapes adjacent in anterior, posterior, left, and right directions of the feeding direction;
• a step of slitting the release sheet base material along a longitudinal direction thereof to form a plurality of release sheet base materials, a row of adhesive tapes being bonded to each of the release sheet base materials;
• a step of folding the slit release sheet base material with the adhesive tape in two;
• a step of sealing a predetermined portion of the release sheet base material to form the two-folded release sheet base material including a plurality of accommodating spaces each of which accommodates one adhesive tape;
• a step of temporarily attaching the release sheet base material to a part of each adhesive tape;
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• a step of cutting the release sheet base material to form the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape package;
• wherein the step of bonding the adhesive tape to the release sheet base material comprises:
• a substep of cutting an adhesive tape base material serving as the adhesive tape to form a plurality of rows of adhesive tapes;
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• a substep of separating the adhesive tapes adjacent in anterior, posterior, left, and right directions from each other and feeding the adhesive tapes to the feed position while intervals between the adjacent adhesive tapes are increasing.