Patent ID: 6336400
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: B41L,B41P

Abstract:
A stencil printing machine, comprising:a printing drum unit comprising a printing drum on which a stencil sheet is wound around, a pair of brackets which supports both ends of the printing drum so that the printing drum can be rotated, and at least one pair of support rods, each having a longitudinal axis, which is connected with the pair of the brackets and arranged in the same direction as the axial line of the printing drum; a printing drum receiving section having an opening, at a side position of a printing machine body, through which the printing drum unit can be put on and taken off, whereby the section can receive the printing drum unit; a first support rail which is disposed in the printing drum receiving section and is freely pulled out in a horizontal direction from the opening, the first support rail removably carries a first one of the at least one pair of support rods, the printing drum unit being pivotable about the longitudinal axis of the first support rod through a pivot arc; and a second support rail which is disposed vertically offset from the first support rail in the printing drum receiving section and is freely pulled out in a horizontal direction from the opening, the second support rail removably carries an other of the at least one pair of support rods; whereby the pivot arc has an endpoint that terminates at the second support rail.