ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,458, issued on March 24, was assigned to Tokyo Seimitsu Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Tape affixing apparatus and tape magazine" was invented by Kiyotaka Kizaki (Hachioji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape affixing apparatus and a tape magazine capable of automatically switching or replacing a dicing tape. An affixing apparatus 3 includes a base section 31 on which a tape magazine 4 accommodating a dicing tape DT wound in a roll shape with a part of the dicing tape DT reeled out is installed to be replaceably mountable, movable guide rollers 32a and 32b, fixed guide rollers 33a and 33b, and a knife plate 35 that are movable to regula...