Patent ID: 7373879

Claim:
A screen printing apparatus in which a squeegee mounted at an angle with respect to the sliding direction is slid on a screen to force a paste-like coating agent, supplied on said screen, to a substrate provided in contact with the underside of said screen, via an opening formed in said screen, said apparatus comprising; at least one partitioning means mounted substantially upright to a contact slide surface between said squeegee and said screen; and coating agent leakage prohibiting means provided to both ends of said squeegee and having a coating agent control guide including a panel portion with bottom edge extending perpendicularly from the squeegee and parallel to the sliding direction, the panel portion extending from the bottom edge and inclined inwardly relative to a normal line to the surface of said screen towards the center of a printing sphere as defined by a width of said squeegee, said coating agent leakage prohibiting means having a site of contact with said screen protected with an elastic material.