ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,984, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DISCO Corp. (Tokyo).
"Tape affixing apparatus" was invented by Takashi Uchiho (Tokyo), Yoshinobu Saito (Tokyo) and Jonghyun Ryu (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape affixing apparatus includes a frame support table for supporting an annular frame, a lifting and lowering unit for lifting and lowering the frame support table, a tape affixing unit, and a controller. The tape affixing unit includes a tape uncoiler, a tape take-up reel, and a presser roller movable from one end to the other end of the annular frame supported on the frame support table while pressing a tape paid out from the ...