Patent ID: 7322288
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: B41M,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method for loading an electronic substrate on a support mechanism and cleaning a stencil in a stencil printer, the method comprising: loading a first electronic substrate on the support mechanism along a first axis; positioning the stencil above the first electronic substrate; depositing a material on the first electronic substrate; separating the stencil and the first electronic substrate; moving the stencil from a first position in which the stencil is disposed above the first electronic substrate to a second position translated away from the support mechanism along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, the movement of the stencil between its first and second positions being achieved by means of a stencil movement mechanism and along a common plane; selectively performing a procedure on the stencil when moving the stencil; unloading the first electronic substrate from the support mechanism; loading and aligning a second electronic substrate on the support mechanism while moving the stencil.