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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6681695 | Continuous printing and mounting apparatus for film-like printing body A tension is applied to a film-like printing body to be processed in each of steps such as a printing step, a parts mounting step and the like. Further the processed film-like printing body is automatically fed out by a predetermined stroke. A supply unit... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6447895 | Thermal stencil sheet for use with a printing system A thermal stencil sheet for use in a laser stencil printing system comprising a stencil sheet comprising a base layer, a radiation absorbing layer, and a thermal film overlying the radiation absorbing layer. The base layer comprises a porous fibrous mater... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6119592 | Apparatus for screen printing having a belt screen and locking frame A belt-like screen carrying a row of printing patterns is held between two roller screen holders. The printing patterns are advanced one by one to a printing position by the rotation of the roller screen holders. This allows the printing patterns to be ch... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6020094 | Method and device for forming a duplicate image In a method for forming a duplicate image by reading an original image from an original sheet and forming a duplicate image according to the original image, to allow the designation of a number of regions for forming duplicate regional images, from an ove... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5747103 | Method and apparatus for printign lithium patterns on a press A printing station conveys a supply of molten lithium from a heated tank to a nozzle within a protective shroud. A web traverses a chiller also within the shroud. The nozzle dispenses discrete amounts of the molten lithium onto successive portions of the ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5660632 | Apparatus for spreading material onto a substrate An apparatus for spreading and depositing a viscous liquid or paste-like material on a substrate includes a housing removably insertable into a diamond- or square-shaped squeegee blade holder, the blade holder itself mounted to a squeegee head assembly of... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5520108 | Ejected master plate processing device for a stencil printing device To positively compress ejected master plates at a high compression ratio without requiting any complex structure, a piston member for compressing ejected master plates is placed in an ejected master plate box for receiving ejected master plates from an ej... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5440980 | Squeegee for screen printing machine A squeegee apparatus for a screen printing machine wherein the vertical operation rod being connected to the moving shaft of the air cylinder fixed to the horizontal movement plate of the squeegee drive section, the cushion member being provided between t... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5438347 | Master making device for a stencil printer A master making device incorporated in a stencil printer. The operation for feeding the leading edge of a web or stencil toward a master clamper provided on a print drum is assigned to a platen roller. When the web is to be wrapped around the print drum, ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5329848 | Stamp device capable of perforating thermal stencil paper To eliminate wasteful use of thermal stencil paper and thereby provide an inexpensive stamp device, a single thermal head is employed for both the thermal recording on a reversible thermal recording sheet for confirmation of a stamp image and the thermal ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5253581 | Stamp device employing a heat sensitive stencil paper to be perforated by heat of a thermal head In a stamping device, a stamping stencil is produced and used which does not require manual application of ink to the stencil. Data concerning an image, which may include character, figure and/or symbol data, is input by a input unit, a thermal head gener... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5184549 | Stamp device with a printing element, movable ink supplying device, and plate making device employing an elongate heat sensitive stencil paper A compact portable stamp device which can prevent the ink stains on an operator and his/her clothes and the occurrence of nonuniform printing and, further, simplifies the operation of changing the color of the ink. The stamp device comprises a heat sensit... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5036759 | Installation for printing fabric pieces An installation for printing fabric pieces having: a fixed printing frame; two take-up drums, situated spaced apart from and facing the terminal edges of the frame, each drum having a horizontal rotary shaft; drive means for causing said drums to rotate; ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4949636 | Screen printing machine A screen printing machine includes a lifting block liftably provided relative to a movable block. The movable block is reciprocatingly movable in a horizontal direction above a screen disposed on an article to be printed. A printing member includes at lea... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4638733 | Squeegee head for printing of bodies by the screen printing method A squeegee head for the printing of bodies by the screen printing method, the head including a squeegee rubber and a holder for retaining the rubber, the holder comprising a plurality of adjacently arranged holder members which are each guided in the sque... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4566383 | Winding apparatus for removing used stencil A winding apparatus for removing a used stencil in a printing machine having a stencil lift-off mechanism for lifting the leading end of the used stencil from a printing drum assembly and transporting mechanism for transporting the used stencil onto the w... | 01/28/1986 |
