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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7930974 | Screen printing machine and solar cell A printing stage includes a stage surface having a plurality of suction holes, and fixes an object to be printed on the stage surface by vacuum contact. A printing mask is employed for forming a predetermined electrode pattern on the object to be printed fixed to th... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7908964 | Screen printing apparatus and screen printing method The clearance ‘d’ between a substrate 3 and a mask 2 can be reduced at the time of the position recognition by horizontally offsetting two recognition devices 53,54 for recognizing the substrate 3 and the mask 2. Therefore, sin... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908965 | Underlay substrate for printing a printed circuit on a substrate A plurality of through holes having an equal size are formed in an underlay substrate. Positions of the plurality of through holes are suitably set according to the shape of a substrate sheet. Specifically, an equal number of through holes are formed in each of end ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905175 | Screen printing method and apparatus including clampers for substrate Movable claws 13 are formed in clampers 10 holding a substrate 3 so that the movable claws can be selectively moved to a position where they have projected above the substrate 3, and to a position where they have retreated from above the ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905176 | Automatic registration device An automatic registration device applied to screen printing machines includes a base disposed under the printing table and is arranged with at least three sets of CCD (Charge Coupled Device), a printing table and an automatic registration member. The two sets of CCD... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7861650 | Method and apparatus for adjusting a substrate support A stencil printer for printing viscous material on a substrate includes a frame, a stencil, and a print head to deposit and print viscous material over the stencil. A substrate support supports a substrate in a print position. A substrate support movement assembly i... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7836824 | Method and apparatus for screen printing When a printed circuit board is inspected and determined to have an insufficient amount of printing of a print pattern, the printed board is returned to a screen-printing apparatus so that a new print pattern is formed so as to overlap a previous print pattern. In t... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7669528 | Silkscreen printer machine and apparatus A silkscreen printer machine (8) includes: a support structure (48); and at least one printing station (54) secured to the structure (48) and including at least one screen support (68... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7587976 | Printing apparatus having fixing mechanism including air pipe assembly A fixing mechanism (2) includes a base (50), an air pump (70) and an air pipe assembly (60). The base defining a connecting hole (522) and a locating groove (542) therein. The air pipe assembly (60) includes a first p... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7549371 | Method and apparatus for clamping a substrate A stencil printer for printing viscous material on a substrate includes a frame, a stencil coupled to the frame, and a print head, coupled for the frame, to deposit and print viscous material over the stencil. The stencil printer further includes a substrate support... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7441499 | Screen printer print arm A print arm for a screen printing machine of the type having radial print arms and radial pallet arms that rotate relative to the print arms the print arms incorporating a detachable print carriage drive assembly from which the print carriage is suspended the print ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7424851 | Screen printer with platen equalizer and method of printing A multi-station screen printing apparatus includes a base member; a plurality of platens, each for supporting a substrate to be printed, the platens mounted radially in a rotatable manner about the base member; and a plurality of print heads mounted radially and non... | 09/16/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7413301 | Inkjet printing apparatus with multiple platens An inkjet type fabric printing apparatus is provided with an inkjet head, a platen and a positioning member. The inkjet head reciprocally moves in main scanning direction and auxiliary scanning direction relative to a fabric (e.g., clothes). The platen holds the fab... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7337718 | Two-bar linkage fast elevating apparatus for screen printing machine A two-bar linkage fast elevating apparatus for screen printing machine includes a two-bar linkage system and an eccentric shaft driving system connected to a rear side of a transverse slide base of the screen printing machine. A reduction motor is connected to a low... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7284480 | Centering unit for a silk-screen printing device A centering system for a screen printing apparatus includes a platform for the placement of a plate to be printed, abutment wheels arranged on the platform, longitudinally adjustable servo shafts, beams, and a stationary frame on which the beams are arranged. The wh... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281472 | Screen printing apparatus and screen printing method In a screen printing apparatus for contacting a lower surface of a mask plate with a substrate and moving a squeezee in a sliding motion on an upper surface of the mask plate thereby printing a paste onto the substrate, mask bend preventing members are mounted on co... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7261033 | Printing machine with a drive system for displacement of each mandrel A printing machine includes a support stand, a plate rotational with respect to the stand about an axis of rotation, elements for driving the plate in rotation, at least two mandrels for holding two articles to be printed in succession, the mandrels being carried by... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258703 | Apparatus and method for aligning devices on carriers An apparatus and method are provided for aligning a plurality of semiconductor devices placed on a carrier. Alignment guides are located adjacent to each device in use, and arranged such that they correspond to a desired alignment of each semiconductor device. For a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255551 | High volume print-forming system A system is provided for high volume print-forming of structures made up of multiple separate layers. A support bed is provided which has multiple steps arrayed thereon at different heights. Substrate blocks rest upon each of the steps. A printing process is utilize... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245311 | Image forming apparatus A photosensitive body has a photosensitive layer. An optical scanning device has a deflector deflecting a light flux emitted from a light source, and scans the surface of the photosensitive body by the thus-deflected light flux. A dot is formed at a center between a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237890 | Inkjet printing apparatus An inkjet type fabric printing apparatus is provided with an inkjet head, a platen and a positioning member. The inkjet head reciprocally moves in main scanning direction and auxiliary scanning direction relative to a fabric (e.g., clothes). The platen holds the fab... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238543 | Methods for marking a bare semiconductor die including applying a tape having energy-markable properties A method used for marking a semiconductor wafer or device. The method and apparatus have particular application to wafers or devices which have been subjected to a thinning process, including backgrinding in particular. The present method comprises reducing the cros... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235139 | Wafer carrier for growing GaN wafers A wafer carrier for growing wafers includes a plate having a first surface and a second surface, a plurality of openings extending from the first surface to the second surface of the plate, and a porous element disposed in each of the plurality of openings, each por... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231873 | Print carousel for double technology silk-screen and digital color printing A print carousel for color images having a plurality of radial arms carrying objects to be printed incrementally reaching a corresponding number of work stations by sequential incremental rotation of the carousel by a certain angle, a silk-screen printing ink-pot fu... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225734 | Device and method for positioning a substrate to be printed The disclosure relates to a device and a method for positioning a substrate to be printed in accordance with a screen printing method, lying on a print table, with respect to a template of a screen of the screen printing device. After placement and fixing of the sub... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225732 | Screen printer In a screen printer for printing paste to the substrate through a pattern hole by abutting a mask plate on the substrate, the end face of a side end portion of the substrate is nipped and held from its both sides by a clamper. A warp correcting portion mounting a wa... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7201802 | Apparatus for providing a substrate with viscous medium Solder paste application, inspection and correction. Following or during application of solder paste on a substrate, the result thereof is inspected and any detected errors are registered. Following an evaluation as to whether correction of these errors is required ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191702 | Method for applying ink A method for silk screen printing a design on a visor of a cap using high-density ink is disclosed. The method of the present invention includes the steps of: (1) loading a fabric from which a visor of a cap will be fabricated onto a template formed in the shape of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7175354 | Inkjet printing device There is provided an inkjet printing device, which is provided with a holding unit that is used to hold a substrate to be subjected to printing operation, and an inkjet head that ejects ink onto the substrate held by the holding unit. The holding unit is movable bet... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171898 | 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... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171896 | Apparatus for decorating stiff objects by screen printing In an apparatus for decorating stiff articles using a screen printing process, an object carried by an object carrier and the stencil are advanced synchronously along a transport path during a printing operation. A doctor co-operable with the stencil is movable in a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171897 | System and methods for data-driven control of manufacturing processes Systems and methods for implementing hybrid, closed-loop control that generates control values for processes defined by a limited number of function evaluations and large amounts of process and measurement noise. The described control system is applied to a stencil ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7134391 | Apparatus and method for side printing on low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrates A fixture attached to the rear of the base plate of a semi-automatic screen printer includes an element holder having a vertical recess or pocket for receiving an assembly, such as a substrate, of LTCC laminate material lengthwise therein so as to expose only one si... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131373 | Screen printing repetition systems and methods A screen printing manual repetition system semi-automates use of a screen with a manual printing press. The screen has a screen frame and a screen mesh. The manual repetition system (MRS) has an MRS frame mountable to the screen frame, a track system, and a height a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127988 | Screen printing repetition systems and methods A screen printing manual repetition system semi-automates use of a screen with a manual printing press. The screen has a screen frame and a screen mesh. The manual repetition system (MRS) has an MRS frame mountable to the screen frame, a track system, and a height a... | 10/31/2006 |
