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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6401607 | Stencil printing system, stencil printing method, and computer-readable recording medium storing stencil printing program The disclosed stencil printing machine automatically judges the process to be executed by referring to the operation waiting state of the controller and its own operation waiting state. According to this disclosed structure, the user's operation of printi... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6395335 | 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... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6382097 | Stencil printing machine and a wrinkle preventing method on a stencil sheet of the stencil printing machine An ink supplying roller (17) is disposed in a rotary cylindrical drum (16), and is moved so that the ink supplying roller (17) can be brought into contact with an inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical circumferential wall (15). The ink supplying rolle... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378433 | Method for mounting printing plates on sleeves and for mounting the resultant sleeves on flexographic printing machine cylinders A method for mounting printing plates to a printing cylinder including the steps of first securing the plates to a flexible transparent polymer film sleeve and then securing the sleeve to the printing cylinder.... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6371017 | Printing method and printing apparatus The temperature of a portion that belongs to a stencil and is located in the vicinity of a portion retaining a printing paste is increased to reduce the viscosity of printing paste that adheres to the portion retaining the printing paste, thereby allowing... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6371016 | Multi-color printing method and system including a plurality of removable ink drums A multicolor printing method and system including a master making device having plurality of removable ink drums replaceable with each other and a printing device. The plurality of removable ink drums are fed with respective masters to be used for printin... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6367378 | Reel feed screen printing method and printing machine This invention relates to a real feed screen printing method and printing machine for performing screen printing while feeding a roll film by a specific stroke, in which the drying oven side of the film is slackened at the time of printing.... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6363847 | Method of applying adhesive material to parts mounted circuit board The invention greatly improves an efficiency of a whole of aparts mounting process. In a method of applying an adhesive material to a parts mounted circuit board, a recess portion surrounding a part of a circuit board in which the parts are already mounte... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6349640 | Seal type composite stencil and plychrome picture forming method A stencil capable of accurately transferring a picture with a plurality of colors by a person without skill. This stencil includes a plurality of die seal papers from which parts of a picture are die-cut at different positions from each other as cutting d... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6348519 | Emulsion ink and printing method using emulsion ink Emulsion ink, by which clear images are produced, having excellent drying and fixing properties and preservation stability and does not bleed, strike through or leak. The emulsion ink contains an aqueous emulsified ultraviolet cure compound.... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6348233 | Method of forming conductive line features for enhanced reliability of multi-layer ceramic substrates A method for minimizing formation of cracks at junctions between conductive vias and conductive lines in line-to-via connections on a substrate. The method comprises providing a transition zone connected between a base section of the line and a cap, the t... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6336402 | Screen printing method and apparatus having an air blower A screen printing apparatus is designed so that cream solder 17 disposed on a mask plate 12 can be preserved at a certain appropriate temperature by the limited use of blown air. An air nozzle unit 20 is provided above the mask plate 12 at a place on the ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6335055 | Squeegee for screen printing, screen printing method, and screen printing apparatus Pattern holes are completely filled with paste. As a result, occurrence of defects is prevented, and an excellent printing performance is obtained, high speed screen printing is possible, and the printing efficiency is enhanced. By sliding in the running ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6324973 | Method and apparatus for dispensing material in a printer A printer for printing a viscous material at predetermined positions forming a pattern on a substrate. The printer includes a frame, a device, mounted to the frame, having a number of perforations arranged to form the pattern, a support apparatus, coupled... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6318255 | Method of attaching coated silk screen fabric to a frame and the reusable silk screen A method of locking a precut silkscreen fabric to splines which are then inserted into retensionable roller frames, wherein the fabric is scored where it contacts the spline, permitting the adhesive to lock the sections of the spline together through the ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6289812 | Printing process for applying a composition using a stencil or digital duplicator A printing process including applying a composition to a substrate using a digital or stencil duplicator, the composition including a dispersion of particles of a thermoplastic or thermosetting polymer dispersed in an involatile organic liquid, where the ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289803 | Method and apparatus for screen printing A screen printing apparatus and method for forming printed wiring on a substrate, such as a wafer. The apparatus includes a reservoir disposed beneath a screen having a plurality of openings forming a pattern thereon. Disposed within the reservoir is a pr... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6286423 | Method and apparatus for preparing a screen printing screen using an image carrier An apparatus for preparing a screen printing screen is provided. It includes an exposing frame which houses a curing agent such as a light source. A reimagable image carrier is placed in registration with the exposing frame and is connected to a computer ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6286424 | Plastic mask unit for paste printing and method of fabricating such plastic mask unit A plastic mask unit for paste printing, which is capable of performing paste printing with superior quality for a relatively large number of times over a long life span, and also a method of fabricating the above-mentioned plastic mask unit. The plastic m... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6283022 | Apparatus and method for direct rotary screen printing radiation curable compositions onto cylindrical articles An apparatus and method for decorating cylindrical articles using direct rotary screen printing of a UV radiation curable composition in various predetermined patterns and registrations. A rotary screen printing assembly is arranged in either a horizontal... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6272984 | Squeegee for screen printing and screen printing method A squeegee for use in screen printing, including a flexible portion, and one separation or two separations extending from a contact edge of the flexible portion for contact with a screen, toward a base portion of the squeegee, thereby at least partly sepa... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6269742 | Method and stencil for extruding material on a substrate A stencil for use in fabricating semiconductor devices is disclosed that has an aperture having a first portion extending from a first side thereof and a second portion extending from a second side thereof to minimize the shear stress between the material... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6257136 | Registration control for quality silk screen printing Workpiece rotators are constructed for decoration registration control in spaced apart decoration stations for bottles rotatably supported by carriers of an endless chain conveyor. A screen drive at each decorating station linearly reciprocates a decorati... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6257137 | Screen printing process A method of operating a screen printing machine of the type where a number of garments supported on pallets sequentially move past a series of printing stations. In order to allow a sufficient delay between each print application the garments pass around ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6253674 | Vacuum printing apparatus and process method A vacuum printing apparatus and process method whereby the application of a decorative imprint in either a single or multi-color rendition to the felt cover playing surface of a pool or billiard table is accomplished without there being any resultant dime... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6253676 | Screen printing method and holding table for plate to be printed A printing agent within a through hole of a screen is smoothly and completely released out when separating the screen from a plate to be printed. 1. In a screen printing method, at a time of applying a printing agent to a plate to be printed by a movement... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6253675 | Solder paste stenciling apparatus and method of use for rework A solder paste stencil printing apparatus and method for applying a controlled pattern and volume of solder paste onto a single area array component site on a populated printed circuit board (PCB). The stencil is a disposable, adhesive-backed, flexible, p... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6250219 | System for applying embossed patterns on textured ceilings For applying embossed patterns on rough-textured surfaces, particularly ceilings, a simple process utilizes readily available inexpensive materials. Portions of a thin plastic sheeting are cut away to form a compliant stencil with the required pattern ope... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6244183 | Multiple printing process pin registration method and apparatus A method for mounting a substrate having a first image printed thereon on a digital printer to be used to print a second image in a desired alignment with the first image, wherein the first image is printed on the substrate using a nondigital process. The... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6238741 | Single mask screening process A process of forming a multi-layer feature on a ceramic or organic article in which first and second layers of paste are sequentially screened through a screening mask wherein the screening mask has not been moved between screening steps. A structure prod... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237490 | Screen printing method and screen printing apparatus A screen printing method and apparatus for printing a circuit pattern corresponding to that of a stencil (4), onto a print-object article (1) placed on an ascendable/descendable positioning stage (2), through moving a squeegee (5a,5b) horizontally while t... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6234077 | Method and apparatus for screen printing A screen printing apparatus and method for forming printed wiring on a substrate, such as a wafer. The apparatus includes a reservoir disposed beneath a screen having a plurality of openings forming a pattern thereon. Disposed within the reservoir is a pr... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6230619 | Printing method and printing apparatus The temperature of a portion that belongs to a stencil and is located in the vicinity of a portion retaining a printing paste is increased to reduce the viscosity of printing paste that adheres to the portion retaining the printing paste, thereby allowing... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6207221 | Process for producing a metal-ceramic substrate and a metal-ceramic substrate The invention relates to a novel process for producing a ceramic-metal substrate for electrical circuits in which a first or second metal coating is applied to a ceramic layer on both sides, specifically first metal coating in the form of a copper foil us... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6207220 | Dual track stencil/screen printer A dual track stencil system includes a first set of rails and a second set of rails, each of the rails being independently controlled for allowing for independent movement of circuit boards through the stencil system for processing. The stencil system inc... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6199479 | Method and apparatus for stencil printing By preventing a deformation of printing drum of a rotary stencil printing apparatus caused at the time of printing, uniform printed images can be printed even under conditions such as low temperature and high-speed printing and even using an apparatus pro... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6196127 | Screen process printing method and screen printing machine A screen process printing method of performing solid printing on a printing substrate with a printing ink, using (a) a squeegee, (b) a screen pattern plate through which the printing ink is brushed or squeezed so as to form a solid ink transferred portion... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6192794 | STS dayloader system A screen printing apparatus for printing multiple impressions on a substrate carried to and from a printing station wherein the apparatus has a frame for the screen printing apparatus with at least one printing station on the frame holding the printing sc... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6189448 | Dual image stencil apparatus having stencil including sections with curled edges A stencil for a printer used to print a substance onto a substrate using a blade that passes over the stencil during printing. In embodiments of the invention, the stencil includes a first section having a first printing pattern formed thereon, a second s... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6187372 | Method for producing large area thick film resistors with uniform thickness A method for creating large area, thick film resistors with improved predictability and uniformity. "Tent poles" are employed during the printing of the large area resistors to prop up the screen mesh to ensure the resultant resistor does not have a scoop... | 02/13/2001 |
