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Master making apparatus and stencil unit forming part thereof

US5640904A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 13, 1994
Grant dateJun 24, 1997
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41L13/06
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an apparatus for making a master by perforating a stencil with a thermal head or similar heating device in accordance with image data, a stencil unit accommodating a stencil in the form of a roll is removably set. The stencil unit has a holder portion holding the roll, and a guide portion retaining the leading edge portion of the stencil paid out from the roll for thereby guiding it.

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