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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6935232 | Solder paste printing apparatus and printing method When solder paste passes through a first gap located between a pressurizing member and a printing mask during solder paste printing, a pressure directed toward the printing mask is applied from the pressurizing member to the solder paste. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935233 | Screen printing method for use in IML hot press, die cutting, injection molding A screen-printing method for use in IML hot press, die cutting, and injection molding is disclosed to print first, second, and third (special) colors of a four-color printing with ink mixtures containing different printing inks and a hardening agent with a bonding a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933014 | Peelable stenciling ink and method of using A peelable stenciling ink for imprinting indicia such as letters, numbers and symbols on a surface of an article such as a sport ball made of leather or a synthetic polymer, e.g., a thermoplastic material, consists of a solvent, a dye dispersed in the solvent, and a... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929967 | Method of forming pattern A method of forming a pattern suitable for fabricating a liquid crystal device which includes the steps of forming a film on a substrate, printing a resist pattern by having the film covered with a screen mask, etching the film using the resist pattern as a mask, an... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923117 | Solder paste printing apparatus and printing method When solder paste passes through a first gap located between a pressurizing member and a printing mask during solder paste printing, a pressure directed toward the printing mask is applied from the pressurizing member to the solder paste. ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920825 | Magnetic stamp printing device An improved rubber stamp fastening and printing device consisting of operatively magnetic or veritable magnetic stamp-die components and an outer magnetic connecting mount, utilizing distinct vertical magnets imbedded within a transparent material. Both the stamp-di... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6916078 | Inkjet proofing with matched color and screen resolution One general aspect of the invention provides for creating half-tone ink-jet proofs on print-enhanced sheets based on an effective image cell pitch that substantially matches a cell pitch used to create press plates. Print process variables can be adjusted for the in... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915738 | Master making device and stencil printer using the same A stencil making device of the present invention includes a front tension roller pair located downstream of the nip of a thermal head and a platen roller for applying tension to a stencil. The front tension roller pair is made up of an upper roller formed of rubber ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913352 | Actinic radiation curing jet printing ink Disclosed is an active energy beam curable inkjet printing ink including a pigment, a compound containing two or more ethylenic double bonds, a compound containing one ethylenic double bond and having a molecular weight of 90 to 210, 2-benzyl-2-dimethylamino-1-(4-mo... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910414 | Multi-frame screen printing A method of making screen printing frames can include, in certain illustrative embodiments, affixing at least two frames to one another, applying a masking film to both frames, exposing the frames, removing the unhardened emulsion in the meshes, and separating the f... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907824 | Screen printing apparatus and method of the same A screen printing apparatus prints cream solder through a pattern hole of a mask plate, to which a substrate is brought into contact, by sliding a squeegee head. A three dimensional detector, such as a laser, is used to determine the extent to which the pattern hole... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908190 | Platen device for holding workpiece in ink-jet printer A platen device for holding a workpiece in an ink-jet printer operable to perform a printing operation on a printing surface of the workpiece, said platen device being movable into a printing area in which a printing head is operated to deliver an ink onto said prin... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6901852 | Uphill screen printing in the manufacturing of microelectronic components Method for screen printing a continuous structure on a substrate wherein the screen printed structure extends from at least a first level to at least a second level. The disclosed method is particularly suitable for the fabrication of microelectronic devices and com... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6903841 | Decorating system for edible items A system for creating a decorative edible item from a selected image. The system includes at least one image source, such as a scanner and/or a library of stored images, a controller unit and a printer. An edible media is inserted into the printer. The user then sel... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899025 | Uphill screen printing in the manufacturing of microelectronic components Method for screen printing a continuous structure on a substrate wherein the screen printed structure extends from at least a first level to at least a second level. The disclosed method is particularly suitable for the fabrication of microelectronic devices and com... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6886463 | Printing apparatus, printing apparatus initializing method, printing apparatus error correcting method, printing apparatus initializing program, and printing apparatus error correction program A printing apparatus can be easily initialized, and can easily know an error correcting method. Upon first power-up, a storage unit stores in the apparatus the initialization item data indicating the items to be initialized, and prints out the stored initialization ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6883424 | Stencil printing machine and method for stencil printing for the same A machine for stencil printing includes: a control panel for setting an ink-saving printing mode; a stencil making section including a thermal print head performing an ink-saving stencil making corresponding to the ink-saving printing mode, and a thermal print head ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6874414 | Method and apparatus for screen printing A method and apparatus for screen printing for producing security foils for objects of value such as papers of value consisting of a carrier foil and a cover layer applied thereto, the cover layer having the form of characters or patterns and/or coating-free areas i... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6871589 | Hybrid stencil printing apparatus, method for controlling hybrid stencil printing apparatus and computer readable recording medium recording program for the same A hybrid stencil printing apparatus comprises: a stencil-making/printing unit configured to perforate a stencil sheet corresponding to a desired image, to wind the stencil sheet around an outer peripheral surface of a print drum, and to transfer a printing medium to... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6868780 | Screen printing method including variable speed plate separating operation In a screen printing method of bringing a mask plate into contact with a substrate to print solder cream through a pattern hole on the substrate, a plate separating operation of separating the substrate from the mask plate after a squeegeeing step in which the solde... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6857361 | Method and apparatus for printing solder paste of different thickness on lands on printed circuit board A printing mask has protrusions having through holes defined therein for printing a solder paste on lands on a printed circuit board. The protrusions serve to increase the amount of solder paste filled in the through holes. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6840169 | Methods for manufacturing printed circuit boards using a partial printing process and apparatus An apparatus for preventing media deposition in predetermined locations comprising at least one blocking cap connected to a pressurized squeegee head is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for partially printing a circuit board is disclosed. The method comprises ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6835272 | Multicolored steel sheet manufacturing method and a multicolored steel sheet manufacturing system A method of manufacturing a multicolored steel sheet having multiple colors, designs or patterns on its surface and a manufacturing system for carrying out the same are provided. The method comprises a printing process of printing on the surface of a steel sheet wit... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6833040 | Apparatus and method for handling membranes A method for applying a pattern to a target surface includes the steps of applying a coating of membrane material over a selected portion of a substrate. The substrate imparts a pattern to the membrane material corresponding to a pattern to be applied to the target ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6827014 | System for mounting, using and storing rubber stamps A kit or system having means for mounting, using and storing rubber stamps with an elastomeric image on one surface, a foam backing and a static cling second surface for temporary securement to a handle or to a storage medium, such as a board, sheet or folder. The k... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6823784 | Screen printing method including degassing bubbles in the coating material A screen printing method is carried out by placing a material to be printed at a predetermined portion of a printing table, feeding a paste-state or ink-state coating material to a surface of a screen plate for printing, and sliding the surface of the screen plate r... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6820555 | Printing process and printing apparatus A process and a plant for applying of one or more compounds, such as inks or coatings, to a substrate. In each station of the plant at least one compound is applied by a process that requires applying an essentially liquid mixture containing the compound to be appli... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6820544 | Screen printing apparatus and method of screen printing Cream solder stored in a squeegee head is pressurized by a pressurizing plate, and the squeegee head is slid on a mask plate, so that the cream solder is printed onto a substrate via pattern apertures. This is done by a screen printing apparatus, in which pressurize... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6820546 | Versatile, aligning stencil structure A stencil apparatus includes an elongated stencil support strip having at least one longitudinally extruding severance line, and at least one stencil support area between the severance line and the edge of the stencil support strip. Stencil elements with pressure se... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6820545 | Apparatus and method of screen printing In a screen-printing apparatus for printing creamy solder paste on a substrate by attaching a screen mask to the substrate, a predetermined measuring position of the mechanisms in the screen-printing apparatus is measured three-dimensionally by a three-dimensional m... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6814804 | Apparatus and method for printing solder paste A filling squeegee and a scraping squeegee are provided in a printing apparatus. The filling squeegee is moved without contacting a surface of a mask in order to fill a solder paste into openings of the mask. Unnecessary solder paste on the surface of the mask is sc... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6810798 | Screen printing process including vertically moving squeegee to open and close paste supply port To keep a printing paste, which is most influential to a printing performance, always in a uniform state, carry out printing at a high accuracy and in a stable manner, and use an expensive paste with no waste, there is provided a printing paste automatic supplying a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810797 | Method of resin-sealing electronic parts, and stencil printing plate used therefor A resin-encapsulation method of the present invention for electronic parts by a stencil printing, in which a resin filling opening in a stencil is filled with a resin while a squeegee is being moved over the stencil, is characterized in that elevation control of the... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6805048 | Method of marking a substrate using an electret stencil A stencil comprises an electret film, wherein the film has at least one perforation having a perimeter that defines an area, and wherein the area is greater than or equal to about one square centimeter. Methods of marking a substrate using stencils of the present in... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6802249 | Method, system and apparatus for creating a colorant pattern in porous materials A sealable vacuum chamber has an outlet. A template within the chamber includes flow guides for guiding colorant under vacuum across and into porous material when in contact therewith toward the outlet to create a pattern in the porous material. The flow guides allo... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6797324 | Glass printing process A process for creating a visible pattern on a frosted glass article to give the appearance of selective frosting of the glass article. A clear glass substrate is uniformly roughened on one surface to create a uniform frosting effect and abrasion layer. Artwork for a... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6792865 | Method and apparatus for printing on a flat substrate The invention concerns an assembly for printing on a substrate having a camera for recording a reference pattern; a computer connected to said camera to store and modify, if required, data (N) concerning the reference pattern; and a printer whereof at least the prin... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6782815 | Test printing apparatus and method for test printing, and irradiation assembly for use therewith Test printing apparatus for test printing, wherein printing ink is printed on a test substrate. An ultraviolet irradiation assembly is mounted adjacent the rotary path of the bearing surface bearing the test substrate, for emitting ultraviolet radiation against the ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6782812 | Stencil-printer A stencil printer of the present invention includes a print drum around which perforated part of a stencil or master is to be wrapped. A master making section make a master and includes a cutter for cutting the stencil paid out from a roll. A master discharging sect... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6776090 | Printing plate, and printing method using the same A circuit board with high quality is provided by preventing the falling of paste which comes around to the squeegee complementary angle side during the pattern printing or paste filling by the squeegeeing method. While lowering, the squeegee is passed through the in... | 08/17/2004 |
