Stencil printing machine, ink recovering method, image unevenness preventing method, and ink adapting method

• US 7,287,466 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2004
• Issued: 10/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: RISO Kagaku Corporation
• Original Assignee: RISO Kagaku Corporation
• Inventors: Naitou, Taku, Hashimoto, Hirohide
• Primary Examiner(s): COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES
• Application Number:
  US10/927,492
• Publication Number:
  US 20050056169A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,159 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 101/119
• CPC Class Codes: B41L 13/06 with a single cylinder carrying the stencil
• CPC Class Codes: B41L 13/18 Inking units

Abstract

A stencil printing machine has a rotatable printing drum including an outer peripheral wall of ink impermeable material. A stencil paper is mounted on the surface of the outer peripheral wall. An ink supplying mechanism includes an ink supplying unit in the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum. The ink supplying mechanism supplies ink from the ink supplying unit to the surface of the outer peripheral wall. A pressure roller presses a fed print sheet against the outer peripheral wall. An ink recovering mechanism recovers ink which has flown out of a maximum printing area of the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum. A pressing mechanism presses the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum.

Claims

1. A stencil printing machine, comprising:

a rotatable printing drum including an outer peripheral wall of ink impermeable member, wherein a stencil paper is mounted on the surface of the outer peripheral wall;

an ink supplying mechanism including an ink supplying unit in the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum, configured to supply ink from the ink supplying unit to the surface of the outer peripheral wall;

a pressure roller configured to press a fed print medium against the outer peripheral wall;

an ink recovering mechanism configured to recover ink which has flown out of a maximum printing area of the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum; and

a pressing mechanism configured to press the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum.

2. The stencil printing machine according to claim 1, wherein the pressing mechanism presses the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall while an operation of discharging the stencil paper is performed.

3. The stencil printing machine according to claim 1, wherein the pressing mechanism presses the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall while a printing operation is performed.

4. The stencil printing machine according to claim 1, wherein the pressing mechanism presses the stencil paper against outer peripheral wall while an operation of mounting a stencil paper on the printing drum is performed.

5. The stencil printing machine according to claim 1, wherein a pressing body of the pressing mechanism comprises a second roller.

6. The stencil printing machine according to claim 5, wherein a pressing surface of the pressing body is formed of material which is not easily soaked with ink.

7. The stencil printing machine according to claim 5, the machine further comprising:

a support for rotatably supporting said second roller.

8. The stencil printing machine according to claim 1, wherein the ink supplying unit is configured to supply ink between the stencil paper and the surface of the outer peripheral wall from the inside of the printing drum without exposing the ink to the atmosphere.

9. The stencil printing machine according to claim 1, wherein the ink supplying mechanism includes a conduit configured to supply ink to the ink supplying unit from the inside of the printing drum without exposing the ink to the atmosphere.

10. An ink recovering method used for a stencil printing machine, the stencil printing machine which is provided with:

a rotatable printing drum including an outer peripheral wall of ink impermeable material, wherein a stencil paper is mounted on the surface of the outer peripheral wall;

an ink supplying mechanism including an ink supplying unit in the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum, configured to supply ink from the ink supplying unit to the surface of the outer peripheral wall;

a pressure roller configured to press a fed print medium against the outer peripheral wall;

an ink recovering mechanism configured to recover ink which has flown out of a maximum printing area of the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum; and

a pressing mechanism configured to press the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum,

the ink recovering method comprising;

causing the outer peripheral wall to be rotated while the stencil paper is pressed against the outer peripheral wall by the pressing mechanism to move ink between the stencil paper and the outer peripheral wall; and

recovering ink, which has flown out of the maximum printing area of the outer peripheral wall, by the ink recovering mechanism.

11. An ink recovering method used for a stencil printing machine, the stencil printing machine which is provided with:

a rotatable printing drum including an outer peripheral wall of ink impermeable material, wherein a stencil paper is mounted on the surface of the outer peripheral wall;

an ink supplying mechanism including an ink supplying unit in the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum, configured to supply ink from the ink supplying unit to the surface of the outer peripheral wall;

a pressure roller configured to press a fed print medium against the outer peripheral wall;

an ink recovering mechanism configured to recover ink which has flown out of a maximum printing area of the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum; and

a pressing mechanism configured to press the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum,

the ink recovering method comprising;

causing the outer peripheral wall to be rotated while the stencil paper is pressed against the outer peripheral wall by the pressing mechanism to move ink between the stencil paper and the outer peripheral wall;

recovering ink, which has flown out of the maximum printing area of the outer peripheral wall, by the ink recovering mechanism;

rotating the outer peripheral wall while using the pressing mechanism to press the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall when an operation of discharging the stencil paper is selected;

mounting the stencil paper on the printing drum while supplying ink from the ink supplying unit; and

concurrently using the pressing mechanism to press the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall.

12. An ink recovering method used for a stencil printing machine, the stencil printing machine which is provided with:

a rotatable printing drum including an outer peripheral wall of ink impermeable material, wherein a stencil paper is mounted on the surface of the outer peripheral wall;

an ink supplying mechanism including an ink supplying unit in the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum, configured to supply ink from the ink supplying unit to the surface of the outer peripheral wall;

a pressure roller configured to press a fed print medium against the outer peripheral wall;

an ink recovering mechanism configured to recover ink which has flown out of a maximum printing area of the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum; and

a pressing mechanism configured to press the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum,

the ink recovering method comprising;

causing the outer peripheral wall to be rotated while the stencil paper is pressed against the outer peripheral wall by the pressing mechanism to move ink between the stencil paper and the outer peripheral wall;

recovering ink, which has flown out of the maximum printing area of the outer peripheral wall, by the ink recovering mechanism;

causing the outer peripheral wall to rotate while the stencil paper is pressed against the outer peripheral wall by the pressing mechanism when the printing operations are completed;

mounting the stencil paper on the printing drum while supplying ink from the ink supplying unit; and

concurrently using the pressing mechanism to press the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall.

13. An ink recovering method used for a stencil printing machine, the stencil printing machine which is provided with:

a rotatable printing drum including an outer peripheral wall of ink impermeable material, wherein a stencil paper is mounted on the surface of the outer peripheral wall;

an ink supplying mechanism including an ink supplying unit in the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum, configured to supply ink from the ink supplying unit to the surface of the outer peripheral wall;

a pressure roller configured to press a fed print medium against the outer peripheral wall;

an ink recovering mechanism configured to recover ink which has flown out of a maximum printing area of the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum; and

a pressing mechanism configured to press the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum,

the ink recovering method comprising;

causing the outer peripheral wall to be rotated while the stencil paper is pressed against the outer peripheral wall by the pressing mechanism to move ink between the stencil paper and the outer peripheral wall;

recovering ink, which has flown out of the maximum printing area of the outer peripheral wall, by the ink recovering mechanism;

causing the outer peripheral wall to rotate while the stencil paper is pressed against the outer peripheral wall by the pressing mechanism when the power supply is selected to be off;

mounting the stencil paper on the printing drum while supplying ink from the ink supplying unit;

and concurrently using the pressing mechanism to press the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall.

14. A stencil printing machine comprising:

a rotatable printing drum including an outer peripheral wall of ink impermeable material, wherein a stencil paper is mounted on the surface of the outer peripheral wall;

an ink supplying mechanism including an ink supplying unit in the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum, configured to supply ink from the ink supplying unit to the surface of the outer peripheral wall;

a pressure roller configured to press a fed print medium against the outer peripheral wall of the printer drum;

an ink recovering mechanism configured to recover ink which has flown out of a maximum printing area of the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum; and

a pressing mechanism configured to press the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum,

wherein, in the course of a printing operation, the printing operation is performed in a state that the stencil paper is pressed against the outer peripheral wall by the pressing mechanism.

15. An ink adapting method of a stencil printing machine, wherein the stencil printing machine is provided with

a rotatable printing drum including an outer peripheral wall of ink impermeable material, wherein a stencil paper is mounted on the surface of the outer peripheral wall;

an ink supplying mechanism including an ink supplying unit in the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum, configured to supply ink from the ink supplying unit to the surface of the outer peripheral wall;

a pressure roller configured to press a fed print medium against the outer peripheral wall;

an ink recovering mechanism configured to recover ink which has flown out of a maximum printing area of the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum; and

a pressing mechanism configured to press the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum, the method comprising;

mounting the stencil paper on the printing drum while

supplying ink from the ink supplying unit, and concurrently

using the pressing mechanism to press the stencil paper against the outer peripheral wall.