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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033218 | Printing device, production unit, and production method of electronic parts A printing device, a production unit and a production method of electronic parts suitable for production of precise electronic parts are provided. A squeegee is attached to a rotating machine, and is autorotated and self-driven, and moreover, a printing pressure is ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7854197 | Method for manufacturing printed circuit boards using legend printing stencil An exemplary legend printing stencil for printing a circuit substrate for manufacturing a number of printed circuit board is provided. The stencil includes at least a first printing portion, at least a second printing portion and a junction portion between the first... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7832333 | Housing and method for making the same A housing includes a substrate and a decorative layer formed on one surface of the substrate. The decorative layer includes two colored ink coatings, each of which is partially interlaced with the other and has a color depth decreasing from one end thereof towards t... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7827910 | Method of transporting and printing of printed material and printing table for a flatbed printing machine A method of conveying imprint material and a printing table for a flatbed printing machine are described. The method of conveying imprint material, particularly solar cell wafers, in and out of a processing area of a flatbed printing machine includes the steps of mo... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7802516 | Screen printing method and apparatus including two squeegees with different lengths and pressures A screen printing device configured to print a printing paste on a printed board, the printing paste being applied on a screen printing plate where openings corresponding to a pattern to be printed are formed, the screen printing device includes a first squeegee adv... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798062 | Printing apparatus and printing method A printing apparatus includes a feed-out unit for feeding out an elongated base material which is wound up in a roll, a printing unit for printing a liquid resist onto the elongated base material that is fed out of the feed-out unit, a wind-up unit for winding up th... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7743702 | Method for applying electronic circuits to curved surfaces An electric circuit is applied to an object having a curved surface. The curved surface of the object is divided into sections, and the circuit is applied one section at a time. The circuit is formed between layers of dielectric material. The dielectric is applied b... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7730833 | Method for producing screen print by selecting clearance between screen and printing material A method for producing a screen print having a given print pattern formed on a printing material by sliding a squeegee over a screen of a screen printing plate that includes the screen being disposed above the printing material in the form of a printing plate frame ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7726239 | Controlled deposition of printing material Controlled depositing of a printing material on a substrate is provided. A stencil is disposed adjacent to the substrate. The stencil includes a number of apertures to allow printing material to pass therethrough. Printing material is deposited onto and spread acros... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7520219 | Method for foil transfer printing on a garment in a screen printer A method of transfer printing from a web of foil or flock onto a garment mounted on the pallet of a rotary screen printing machine. A heat press machine with a web feed attachment mounted on the upper platen of the heat press is provided at one printing station of a... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7469635 | Method and apparatus for performing operations within a stencil printer An apparatus for performing operations on a surface of an electronic substrate comprises a frame, a dispenser, coupled to the frame, to dispense a material onto the electronic substrate, a stencil moveable on a gantry system having at least one aperture to receive t... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7434510 | Method for cleaning the screen stencil of a silk-screen printing device A cleaning method for the screen stencil of a silk-screen printing machine. According to the method, prior to an intermediate printing process designed to clean the screen stencil, the underside of the stencil is wetted with a cleaning agent that dissolves dye. An i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7418901 | Screen printing method and apparatus thereof A dummy work (DW: a work for printing a reference necessary for subsequent printing) is moved to a printing position while the dummy work is fixed to a work alignment mechanism 2, and solder printing is made. The printed dummy work is then returned to the wor... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418900 | Method for creating artistic work on residential lawn Creating an artistic work of art on a lawn includes: unfolding and stretching taut a stencil; driving stakes into the lawn, each stake extending through a corner of the stencil; spraying paint over openings in the stencil; removing the stencil while leaving stakes i... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409907 | Stencil printing machine with a plurality of drum units and method of controlling the same A controller reads out image data of an area frame that a user has drawn on an original and accurately extracts the area frame by removing noise from the read-out image data to divide image data of an area outside the area frame and image data of an area inside the ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409906 | Optical sensor apparatus and method for sensing ink errors in optical disk manufacturing An apparatus, system and method for detecting ink errors in optical disk printing are provided. The apparatus, system and method include a sensor mount structure and a plurality of optical sensors mounted on the mount structure and in registration with a print table... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7370576 | Stencil printing method for printing water-based ink A stencil printing method employs a stencil printing machine comprising: a drum which is rotatable and has a outer peripheral wall formed by an ink impermeable member and in which a stencil sheet is mounted on a surface of the outer peripheral wall; an ink supply de... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363855 | Process progress display device A process progress display device includes a stencil making block which displays a progress status of a stencil making process, a printing block which displays a progress status of a printing process, a stencil making stop bar which displays whether or not an entire... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358173 | Bumping process of light emitting diode A bumping process for a light emitting diode (LED) chip is provided. Firstly, a LED chip with a plurality of electrodes is provided, then a pattern plate having a plurality of openings is disposed on the LED chip, and the electrodes are correspondingly exposed by th... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357076 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a stencil printer section and a non-stencil printer section and can form a stencil image and a non-stencil image on a single sheet. A first and a second adjusting section respectively adjusts the position ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358176 | Screen printing method of forming conductive bumps A screen printing method of conductive material is applied to a wafer with a conductive surface thereon. A dielectric layer on the wafer exposes the conductive surface to a first opening. A mask formed on the dielectric layer has a plurality of second openings corre... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349577 | Image processing method and image processing system This invention provides an image processing method which allows easy re-use of image information that is stored to minimize deterioration of image quality and the storage capacity. Storage means is searched for original digital data corresponding to each input image... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347142 | Method for creating artistic works on residential lawns A method for creating an artistic work on a lawn includes: anchoring a first stencil to a lawn; applying paint of a first color in a first desired pattern on the lawn by applying paint over a first pattern of one or more openings in the first lawn stencil; anchoring... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334518 | Kits for creating artistic works on residential lawns A kit for creating an artistic work on a residential lawn includes: first and second lawn stencils; first and second containers of paint of first and second colors; and a plurality of stakes. The stakes are used to anchor the lawn stencils to the lawn, and the paint... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331482 | Dispense pump with heated pump housing and heated material reservoir A heated dispense pump overcomes the limitations of conventional systems providing for reliable and efficient heating of the dispensed material in a system that is compact, lightweight, and accurate. A pump housing and cartridge body are formed of a thermally conduc... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331503 | Solder printing process to reduce void formation in a microvia In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises filling a microvia formed in a bond pad with solder paste comprising solder balls of the first size; and coating the bond pad with solder paste comprising solder balls of the second size, wherein the seco... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331832 | Structure of focusing mesh for field emission display A structure of a focusing mesh for a field emission display includes a cathode substrate and a rectangular mesh. The cathode substrate with one edge formed a cathode conductor including a joint area. The mesh includes a plurality of pores formed in matrix and a L-sh... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332210 | Gradient dot pattern for reducing visible step lines on the face of an applique Various manufacturing techniques may be employed to construct an appliqué for use in an instrument cluster. In one commonly employed technique, an appliqué may be formed by applying different colored ink layers onto a surface of a polycarbonate sheet using a silk ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322288 | Method and apparatus for performing operations within a stencil printer An apparatus for performing operations on a surface of an electronic substrate comprises a frame, a dispenser, coupled to the frame, to dispense a material onto the electronic substrate, a stencil moveable on a gantry system having at least one aperture to receive t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320947 | Static dissipative textile and method for producing the same The present invention relates generally to a static dissipative textile having an electrically conductive surface achieved by coating the textile with an electrically conductive coating in a variety of patterns. The electrically conductive coating is comprised of a ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318377 | Apparatus and method for integrated screen printing and laser treatment of materials An apparatus and method for treating material using a screen print machine having multiple stations with a printing head for screen printing ink installed at a first station and a laser device for producing graphics installed at a second station. A PLC is connected ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316422 | Safety element and a valuable object This invention relates to an object of value with a security element having a thermochromic layer and disposed completely on the surface of the object of value. The thermochromic layer is combined with an effect layer having visually and/or machine testable properti... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316700 | Self optimizing lancing device with adaptation means to temporal variations in cutaneous properties A lancing device, an embodiment of which controls the advancement and retraction of a lancet by monitoring the position of the lancet in conjunction with a lancet controller which incorporates a feedback loop for modulating the lancet driver to follow a predetermine... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311041 | Printing device, printing system and printing method A printing device contains a printing medium supporting member having a supporting face for supporting a printing medium; a screen plate fitting detachably onto said supporting face in a state where the printing medium is sandwiched between said screen plate and sai... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311042 | Stencil screen platemaking apparatus A stencil screen platemaking apparatus for a heat-sensitive platemaking method, having a thermal head retaining frame to which a thermal head is attached arranged to oppose a platen roller retaining frame having a platen roller attached thereto, and a stepping motor... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304291 | Information detecting device, sheet material processing apparatus equipped with information detecting device, and signal output device Disclosed is an information detecting device capable of reducing fluctuation in detection accuracy. A recording sheet P transported through a transport path comes into contact with a displacing member, and, in this state, a motor is driven to rotate a cam, and the r... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304099 | Preparation of improved inks for inkjet printers The invention relates to an improved system for inkjet printing which results in images with increased permanence as measured by transfer of color from the image when the image is subjected to mechanical and/or chemical abrasion. The invention provides a fusible mat... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303345 | Pinion roller drive for recording apparatus An apparatus for recording an image onto a sheet medium (12) has an entrance drive roller (16) paired with a corresponding entrance pressure roller (18) to form an entrance nip (14) for transporting the sheet medium into an image recordin... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295332 | Interactive printer with actuator A printer for printing a first interface onto a first surface, thereby to generate a first interface surface. The first interface includes first coded data and is at least partially based on first document data. The document data includes first identity data indicat... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293567 | Application of acoustic and vibrational energy for fabricating bumped IC die and assembly of PCA's A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving a screen printing process by applying vibrational energy to assist in the print release, cleaning, and drying processes. The vibrational energy or acoustic pressure waves may be created by a transducer where the wav... | 11/13/2007 |
