Patent · US Expired

Stencil incorporating electronic tag

US6123024A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 14, 1999
Grant dateSep 26, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 14, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41N1/24
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A stencil and stencil identification system in which the stencil carries a tagging device capable of storing data corresponding to characteristics of the stencil and the pattern of apertures formed in the stencil. The stencil with tagging device may be utilized in combination with a stencil printing device having a tag reader which reads information data stored within the tagging device and/or writes information into the tagging device relating to characteristics of the stencil or other criteria.

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