ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,182, issued on July 21, was assigned to FUJI Corp. (Chiryu, Japan).
"Waste-tape transport device and mounting device" was invented by Mizuho Nozawa (Kota-cho, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waste-tape transport device of the present disclosure is used in a mounting device including a component supply section configured to supply a component from a tape member accommodating multiple components, and a mounting section configured to pick up the supplied component. The waste-tape transport device includes a waste-tape transport section configured to transport a waste-tape member cut after the component is picked up by placing the...