Patent ID: 6626106
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A printer for printing a viscous material at predetermined positions forming a pattern on a substrate, the printer comprising:a frame; a device located in an area of the frame and having a number of perforations arranged to form the pattern; a support apparatus mounted to the frame that supports the substrate in a printing position beneath the device; a viscous material dispenser mounted to the frame that contains a viscous material to be printed on the substrate; a device cleaner including a cleaning material dispenser that dispenses a cleaning material to clean a surface of the device; a solvent bath that contains a solvent; a rotatable bar that rotates in the solvent bath, the rotatable bar being in contact with the cleaning material to apply the solvent in the solvent bath to the cleaning material; and a holding mechanism, spaced from the rotatable bar, and in contact with the cleaning material to apply a force to the cleaning material to hold the cleaning material at a cleaning position at which the cleaning material contacts the device during a cleaning operation.