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US 10,882,305 B2Granted
Isolated paste dispenser
AssigneeAsm Assembly Systems Singapore Pte. Ltd.
InventorsGeorge Bareham, Grant Wright, Simon Stuart Pape
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Abstract
A printing machine includes an isolated chamber for the print medium cartridge, which chamber can be opened and accessed without interrupting the print process. In order to enable such a configuration, the cartridge and its cradle are also separated from the print carriage and carried on a shuttle movably mounted on a static rail. The shuttle includes a wall section which acts to isolate the chamber when the shuttle is located in a home position within the chamber.
Claims12
A printing machine for printing a print medium onto a workpiece, comprising:
- a frame,
- an external housing supported by the frame,
- a receptacle for receiving a printing screen in use,
- a print carriage with squeegee operable to travel over the receptacle in a first direction,
- a rail extending at least partially across and over the receptacle in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction,
- a shuttle mounted for travel along the rail, and
- a cradle adapted to retain a container for print medium, the cradle being mounted on the shuttle,
- wherein the rail is statically fixed relative to the frame and
- a portion of the rail comprises an exchange position for the shuttle, at which position a container for printing medium can be placed in or removed from the cradle, the cradle being separated from the print carriage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.