Patent ID: 11945208
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a stencil printer having at least one item of a plurality of items for replacement within the stencil printer, the stencil printer including a docking station;
a movable cart configured to receive a used item and/or provide a new item to the stencil printer;
a first interface panel associated with one of the stencil printer and the movable cart, the first interface panel including a latching magnet and an array of metallic pads; and
a second interface panel associated with the other of the stencil printer and the movable cart, the second interface panel including a metal plate and an array of contacts;
a controller associated with one of the stencil printer and the movable cart, the controller being configured to control the operation of the latching magnet to secure or unsecure the movable cart from the stencil printer; and
a display configured to show a status of the latching magnet in a locked or unlocked status with respect to the movable cart,
wherein, when docking the movable cart to the stencil printer, the latching magnet of the first interface panel is configured to magnetically secure the metal plate of the second interface panel, and the array of contacts of the second interface panel is configured to engage the array of metallic pads of the first interface panel.