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Printer for wrapping stencil around drum

  • US 5,813,329 A
  • Filed: 06/06/1995
  • Issued: 09/29/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A printer using a stencil, comprising:

  • a drum having a drum axis and a portion permeable to ink in a part of a peripheral wall thereof and allowing a cut portion of the stencil to be wrapped therearound;

    means for rotating said drum about the drum axis;

    ink supplying means disposed internally of said peripheral wall of the drum;

    a stencil feed and discharge unit adjoining an outer periphery of said peripheral wall of said drum, said stencil feed and discharge unit comprising at least a feed section accommodating the stencil in the form of a roll, a discharge section for taking up and accommodating said used stencil, and a platen roller for use in cutting said stencil;

    means for rotating at least one of said feed section and said discharge section about the drum axis along said outer periphery of said peripheral wall of said drum; and

    cutting means located externally of the peripheral wall of the drum and being positioned stationary away from said drum during wrapping of the stencil about the drum, and pressing, in the event of making a master, against said platen roller to image the stencil by heat cutting.

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