Patent · US Expired

Screen-printing material replenishing device

US6698346B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by
4References
42Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 26, 2001
Grant dateMar 2, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 6, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K3/1233
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing-agent replenishing device including a replenisher which has a container for accommodating a printing agent and a delivery nozzle disposed at one end of the container and which is operable to delivery the printing agent from the delivery nozzle, for replenishing a printing-agent replenishment object in a screen printer, the device further including a cutting wire for cutting off a mass of the printing agent which extends from a free end of the delivery nozzle, and a cutting-wire holding device which holds the cutting wire such that the cutting wire is held in contact with or in close proximity to the free end face of the delivery nozzle, so as to traverse an opening in the free end face, and such that the cutting wire is rotatable about an axis substantially aligned with an axis of the delivery nozzle.

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