# US 2024/0198653 A1 · Mounting system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0198653 A1 - Document ID: US20240198653A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/555,900 - Filed: 2021-04-23 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-23 - Assignees: Fuji Corporation - Applicants: Fuji Corporation - Inventors: Yoshimune YOKOI; Takeshi KONDO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240198653A1 ## CPC - B41F 15/12: with auxiliary equipment, e.g. for drying printed articles - B41F 15/0881: {for printing on polyhedral articles} - B41F 15/26: for articles with flat surfaces - B41F 15/36: flat - B41F 27/00: Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports (attaching by chemical means B41N6/00) - B41F 33/16: Programming systems for automatic control of sequence of operations - H05K 3/12: using {thick film techniques, e.g.} printing techniques to apply the conductive material {or similar techniques for applying conductive paste or ink patterns} - H05K 3/1216: {by screen printing or stencil printing} - H05K 3/34: by soldering - H05K 3/3485: Application of solder paste, slurry or powder (using printing techniques to form the desired conductive pattern of the printed circuit by applying conductive material H05K3/12) - H05K 13/00: Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or adjusting assemblages of electric components - B41P 2215/10: characterised by their constructional features - B41P 2215/50: Screen printing machines for particular purposes - B41F: PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES (manifolding devices or office printing machines B41L) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - B41P: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO PRINTING, LINING MACHINES, TYPEWRITERS, AND TO STAMPS ## Abstract A mounting system including a printing device that prints a viscous fluid on a processing target object using a screen mask, an exchange unit disposed in the printing device and configured to automatically exchange a printing related member for use in the printing device between the printing device and the exchange unit, one or more mounting devices including a mounting section configured to mount a component on the processing target object, and a moving work device configured to move around a circumference of the mounting device to automatically attach and detach a mounting related member for use in the mounting device between the mounting device and the moving work device. The printing device and the mounting device are disposed in such a manner that front surfaces thereof lie on the same side, and the exchange unit and the moving work device are disposed on the same side. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mounting system comprising: a printing device comprising a printing section configured to execute a printing process of printing a viscous fluid on a processing target object using a screen mask; an exchange unit disposed in the printing device and configured to automatically exchange a printing related member for use in the printing device between the printing device and the exchange unit; one or more mounting devices including a mounting section configured to mount a component on the processing target object; and a moving work device configured to move around a circumference of the mounting device to automatically attach and detach a mounting related member for use in the mounting device between the mounting device and the moving work device, wherein the printing device and the mounting device are disposed in such a manner that front surfaces thereof lie on the same side, and the exchange unit and the moving work device are disposed on the same side. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mounting system according to claim 1, further comprising: an automatic conveyance vehicle configured to convey the printing related members for use in the exchange unit and/or convey the mounting related members for use in the moving work device, wherein the automatic conveyance vehicle has a traveling path on a side where the exchange unit and the moving work device are disposed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mounting system according to claim 1, wherein the exchange unit comprises a receiving section configured to receive an accommodation rack accommodating the printing related members and a rack moving section configured to move the accommodation rack between an accommodation position where to receive the accommodation rack in an interior portion of a housing of the printing device and an exchange position where to cause the accommodation rack to project from the housing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The mounting system according to claim 3, wherein the exchange unit is formed such that a length in a front-rear direction is shorter than a length in the front-rear direction of the accommodation rack. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The mounting system according to claim 3, wherein the exchange unit accommodates the accommodation rack in the same surface as a main body front surface of the exchange unit or inwards of the main body front surface when the accommodation rack is situated in the accommodation position whereas the exchange unit supports the accommodation rack in a position projecting from the main body front surface of the exchange unit when the accommodation rack is situated in the exchange position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The mounting system according to claim 3, wherein the exchange unit includes a left-hand side unit disposed on a left-hand side of the housing of the printing device and a right-hand side unit disposed on a right-hand side of the housing, and has a lifting and lowering space where to lift up and lower the accommodation rack between the left-hand side unit and the right-hand side unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The mounting system according to claim 3, wherein the accommodation rack comprises no power to move the printing related members. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The mounting system according to claim 1, further comprising: a storage device configured to store the mounting related members between the printing device and the mounting device, wherein the moving work device exchanges the mounting related members between the storage device and the mounting device, and wherein the storage device is disposed such that an exchange work position is disposed on the same side as the exchange unit and the moving work device.