Stencil printing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11780219-B2
Application number	US-201917278975-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2019
Priority date	Nov 26, 2018
Publication date	Oct 10, 2023
Grant date	Oct 10, 2023

Abstract

The present application relates to a stencil printing machine, which comprises a first holder device ( 110 ), a mobile device ( 121 ), two support tables ( 131, 132 ) and two driving devices ( 151, 152 ), wherein the first holder device ( 110 ) is configured to be able to horizontally reciprocate in the portrait orientation, the mobile device ( 121 ) is mounted on the first holder device ( 110 ) and is configured to be able to horizontally reciprocate in the landscape orientation on the first holder device ( 110 ), the two support tables ( 131, 132 ) are mounted at the lower end of the mobile device ( 121 ) and are used to bear corresponding solder paste jars ( 141, 142 ), the two driving devices ( 151, 152 ) are mounted on the mobile device ( 121 ) so that each of the two driving devices ( 151, 152 ) is located above a corresponding support table ( 131, 132 ) and is used to press a corresponding solder paste jar ( 141, 142 ), and the mobile device ( 121 ) is configured to be able to drive the two support tables ( 131, 132 ) and the two driving devices ( 151, 152 ) to reciprocate vertically. Two standard solder paste jars ( 141, 142 ) can be assembled for the stencil printing machine provided by the present application. When one solder paste jar ( 141, 142 ) is empty, solder paste supply is switched to the other solder paste jar ( 141, 142 ) and the stencil printing machine can continue to operate without stopping, thus improving the working efficiency of the stencil printing machine significantly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stencil printing machine, comprising:
a first holder device configured to horizontally reciprocate in a portrait orientation,
a mobile device mounted on the first holder device and being configured to be able to horizontally reciprocate in a landscape orientation on the first holder device,
two support tables mounted at a lower end of the mobile device and each of the two support tables being used to bear a corresponding solder paste jar,
two driving devices, the two driving devices being so mounted on the mobile device that each of the two driving devices is located above a corresponding support table, and each of the two driving devices being used to press a corresponding solder paste jar; and
a controller configured to control the movements of the first holder device, the mobile device and the two driving devices,
wherein the mobile device is configured to be able to drive the two support tables and the two driving devices to reciprocate vertically, and
wherein:
the two driving devices include a first driving device and a second driving device, wherein the first driving device and the second driving device are alternately set to a working driving device, and
when the first driving device is set to the working driving device, the controller is configured to be able to receive the used solder paste amount signal from a used solder paste amount sensing device corresponding to the first driving device and select the second driving device as the working driving device according to the used solder paste amount signal.

2. The stencil printing machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the two support tables are arranged on two opposite sides of the mobile device so that the two support tables are arranged back to back, or
the two support tables are arranged on a same side of the mobile device so that the two support tables are arranged abreast.

3. The stencil printing machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
each of the first driving device and the second driving device comprises a cylinder, and the cylinder comprises:
a cylinder body fixed on the mobile device and the cylinder body having a chamber inside,
a piston rod arranged in the chamber and configured to be able to vertically reciprocate according to a change of air pressure in the chamber, and the piston rod extending downward to an outside of the cylinder body to form a lower end of the piston rod, and
a pressure head connected to the lower end of the piston rod so that the pressure head can vertically reciprocate together with the piston rod.

4. The stencil printing machine as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising:
two used solder paste amount sensing devices, each used solder paste amount sensing device of the two used solder paste amount sensing devices being used to sense a stroke of the piston rod of the corresponding driving device and thus sense a used solder paste amount of the corresponding solder paste jar and being configured to generate a used solder paste amount signal of the corresponding solder paste jar when the piston rod moves to a predetermined position.

5. The stencil printing machine as claimed in claim 4 , characterized in that the used solder paste amount sensing device comprises:
a magnet ring, the magnet ring being put on the piston rod and being able to move together with the piston rod, and
a magnetic switch mounted on an outer side of the cylinder body and the magnetic switch being configured to be able to generate the used solder paste amount signal when the magnet ring moves to a position which is a predetermined distance away from the magnetic switch.

6. The stencil printing machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the two support tables comprises:
a base mounted at the lower end of the mobile device, and
a support, a lower end of the support being mounted on the base and a shape of an upper end of the support being configured to match an opening of the corresponding solder paste jar and being used to bear the corresponding solder paste jar, wherein the support has a bottom-to-top through-hole inside and the bottom-to-top through-hole is used to extrude solder paste in the corresponding solder paste jar.

7. The stencil printing machine as claimed in claim 6 , wherein:
the base has a downward recessed receiving portion which is used to receive the lower end of the support, wherein the bottom of the downward recessed receiving portion has a circulation hole and one side of the downward recessed receiving portion has an opening communicating with the downward recessed receiving portion, and
the base further comprises a baffle, and the baffle is mounted on the one side of the downward recessed receiving portion and is used to open or close the opening.

8. The stencil printing machine as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a second holder device, the mobile device being mounted on the first holder device through the second holder device, the first holder device and the second holder device being detachably arranged so that the second holder device can be removed from the first holder device.

9. The stencil printing machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
when the first driving device is selected as the working driving device, the controller is configured to control a working position of the first driving device, and
when the second driving device is selected as the working driving device, the controller is configured to add a predetermined offset to the working position of the first driving device to obtain the working position of the second driving device.

10. The stencil printing machine as claimed in claim 9 , wherein:
the predetermined offset is a distance between centers of circulation holes of the two support tables.

Assignees

• Illinois Tool Works

Inventors

• Cheng Zaizai
• Su Wenhua

Classifications

• B41F15/18 Primary

  Supports for workpieces · CPC title

• B41F15/0881 Primary

  for printing on polyhedral articles · CPC title

• B41F15/423

  Driving means for reciprocating squeegees · CPC title

• B41F15/40

  Inking units · CPC title

• H05K3/1233

  Methods or means for supplying the conductive material and for forcing it through the screen or stencil · CPC title