NOVELTY - The apparatus has a transfer part provided with a transfer roll i.e. base roll (90a), which transfers a corrugated pattern on a film. A conveyance part continuously-conveys a film base material toward the transfer part from an application part. A double-sided tape (90e) fixes a thin-plate shaped mold (90b) on an outer peripheral surface of the base roll. A control part controls the application part such that the film on the film base material is piled up on the transfer roll in a state in which a non-coated area of the film base material is opposed to a connector joint part (90c) of the mold.    USE - Apparatus for manufacturing a strip-shaped film unit that is utilized for manufacturing an optical component such as organic electroluminescent element, microlens array, nano prism array, optical waveguide, LED and lens. Can also be used in a bio-field, a manufacturing field of a solar cell, an antireflection film, a semiconductor chip, a patterned medium, a data storage unit, an electronic paper and an LSI in a paper manufacturing field, a foodstuff manufacturing field, an immuno-analysis chip manufacturing field and a cell culture sheet manufacturing field.    ADVANTAGE - The double-sided tape fixes the thin-plate shaped mold on the outer peripheral surface of the base roll so as to maintain the mold easily and remove adhesive dissolved using organic solvent and the mold from the base roll, so that the surface of the mold is prevented from being damaged and physical strength of the surface of the corrugated pattern is improved, thus manufacturing the strip-shaped film unit with high precision.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a strip-shaped film unit manufacturing apparatus maintenance method    (2) a strip-shaped film unit manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows schematic views of an apparatus for manufacturing a strip-shaped film unit while removing a thin-plate shaped mold from a base roll.    Protection sheet (70)    Base roll (90a)    Thin-plate shaped mold (90b)    Connector joint part (90c)    Double-sided tape (90e)