Printing – Stenciling – Stencil and work support
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-10
2009-06-23
Yan, Ren (Department: 2854)
Printing
Stenciling
Stencil and work support
C101S123000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07549371
ABSTRACT:
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 to support a substrate in a print position and a substrate clamping assembly to clamp the substrate in the print position. In a certain embodiment, the substrate clamping assembly includes a pair of rail members coupled to the frame. The rail members are adapted to engage opposite edges of the substrate. The substrate clamping assembly further includes a pair of foils, one for each rail member, with each foil being releasably secured to the rail member in a position so that the foil overlies the substrate. The substrate clamping assembly also includes a pair of clamping members, one for each rail member and foil, to releasably secure the foil in place on the rail member.
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Lynch James
Perault Joseph A.
Rossmeisl Mark E.
Willshere Richard
Lowrie Lando & Anastasi, LLP
Speedline Technologies, Inc.
Yan Ren
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