Patent · US Expired

Stencil printer having an electric field between the print drum and the pressing member

US5937750A · kind A · utility

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39Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 21, 1997
Grant dateAug 17, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 21, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41M1/125
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A stencil printer of the present invention includes a print drum and a pressing member. After a cut stencil or master has been wrapped around the print drum, the pressing member presses a paper or similar recording medium against the master. As a result, ink fed to the print drum oozes out to the paper and prints a desired image thereon. When the pressing member presses the paper against the master, an electric field is formed between the pressing member and the print drum in the direction in which the ink migrates from the drum to the paper. The printer is capable of adjusting image density without varying a mechanical pressure to act on the drum or varying the print speed.

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