Patent ID: 6089150
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B41L,B41P

Abstract:
A stencil printing machine comprising:a drum rotationally driven around a central axis thereof and having an ink-permeable cylindrical peripheral wall so that a stencil sheet with a perforated image formed therein is wrapped around the peripheral wall to allow an outer surface of the stencil sheet to contact a printing material,ink supply means situated inside the peripheral wall of the drum,conveying means situated under the drum with the stencil sheet thereon for conveying said printing material together with rotation of the drum, said conveyer means having an air permeable endless belt,a conveying-suction section situated under an upper portion of the belt for sucking air through the belt so that the printing material is conveyed by the belt while being held on the belt by a suction force, anda printing-suction section situated under a part of the upper portion of the belt and facing the drum for providing a suction force to a part of a bottom surface of the printing material to allow ink in the drum to pass through the perforated image and then transfer to an upper surface of the printing material.