A tape route maintaining mechanism which maintains a predetermined position of a feeding route of a tape-shaped material 51a in a tape processing unit provided to perform predetermined processing for the tape-shaped material 51a, along which route the tape-shaped material 51a drawn from a tape body 51 that contains the tape-shaped material 51a wound around a tape core 51b, includes: a tape case 58 which accommodates the tape body 51 such that the tape body 51 can freely rotate; and a route change member 59 provided on the tape case 58 to change the route of the tape-shaped material 51a drawn from the tape body 51 and guide the tape-shaped material 51a toward the tape processing unit.
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