Patent ID: 6397750
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B41L

Abstract:
A stencil disposal unit disposing a stencil sheet an end part of which is clamped at and wound onto a printing drum of a rotary stencil printing machine comprising:a rotational drive mechanism capable of causing the printing drum to rotate in a winding direction with respect to an end part of a stencil sheet released from a clamp and in a reverse direction opposite to the winding direction, a pair of stencil disposal rollers arranged in an area around a periphery of the printing drum and rotatable respectively in opposite directions in mutual contact with each other, thereby pulling in the end part of the stencil sheet so as to transport the stencil sheet to a predetermined disposal position, wherein by rotating the printing drum through a predetermined angle in the winding direction, the end part of the stencil sheet is guided to a pull-in position at which the stencil sheet is to be pulled in, and as the printing drum is rotated in the reverse direction, the stencil sheet is pulled in at the pull-in position by the pair of disposal rollers.