Patent ID: 7415926
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
1. A stencil printing machine, comprising: a drum having an outer peripheral wall around which a stencil sheet is to be wound; and a stencil clamping portion which clamps a tip end of the stencil sheet on the outer peripheral wall, wherein the stencil clamping portion comprises: an insertion slit open to a surface of the outer peripheral wall; a stencil insertion device fixed on the machine; an insertion blade operatively connected to the stencil insertion device and having a tip end for insertion into the insertion slit and which inserts the tip end of the stencil sheet into the insertion slit such that the tip end of the stencil sheet abuts on the tip end of the insertion blade; and a pinch device which folds and pinches the stencil sheet inserted into the insertion slit by the insertion blade, wherein said insertion blade is slidable from a standby position, in which a distal end of said insertion blade is apart from said surface of said outer peripheral wall, to an inserted position, in which said distal end is within said insertion slit.