Patent ID: 6334387
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: B41L

Abstract:
A stencil printer comprising:a printing drum having means provided along a generatrix of a cylindrical circumference thereof for mounting a leading end of a stencil sheet, the printing drum being adapted to be stopped at a predetermined rotational position for mounting the stencil sheet thereon; means for perforating the stencil sheet; and a carriage guided to reciprocate between a vicinity of an outlet of the stencil sheet perforation means and a vicinity of the stencil sheet leading end mounting means of the printing drum stopped at the predetermined rotational position; wherein the carriage has means for selectively clamping the leading end of the stencil sheet perforated by the stencil sheet perforation means, and a pair of rollers for feeding the stencil sheet when the stencil sheet leading end clamping means are not clamping the stencil sheet, the stencil sheet feeding roller pair being adapted to feed the stencil sheet which had been clamped at the leading end thereof by the stencil sheet leading end clamping means toward the stencil sheet leading end mounting means as starting from the leading end when the carriage is positioned in the vicinity of the stencil sheet leading end mounting means of the printing drum stopped at the predetermined rotational position and then to brake the stencil sheet while it is being wound around the circumference of the printing drum with the leading end thereof being held by the stencil sheet leading end mounting means.