Paste supply apparatus, screen printing apparatus, paste supply method and screen printing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9566779-B2
Application number	US-201514639469-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2015
Priority date	Mar 19, 2014
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

A paste supply apparatus includes a pot holding part that holds a paste pot that includes a tubular container which receives paste and is provided with a through hole in a bottom part of the tubular container and an inner lid movable inside the tubular container, in a posture in which the paste can be extruded downwardly from the through hole, an extrusion member configured to hold the inner lid of the paste pot held in the pot holding part, an inner lid holding part with which the inner lid is held in the extrusion member, an extrusion member elevation part that upwardly and downwardly moves the extrusion member, and a stopper with which the container upwardly moved together with the inner lid collides when the extrusion member holding the inner lid is pulled up by the extrusion member elevation part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A paste supply apparatus comprising:
a pot holding part that holds a paste pot that includes a tubular container which receives paste and is provided with a through hole in a bottom part of the tubular container, and an inner lid movable inside the tubular container, in a posture in which the paste can be extruded downwardly from the through hole;
an extrusion member configured to hold the inner lid of the paste pot held in the pot holding part;
an inner lid holding part with which the inner lid is held in the extrusion member;
an extrusion member elevation part that upwardly and downwardly moves the extrusion member;
a stopper with which the container upwardly moved together with the inner lid collides when the extrusion member holding the inner lid is pulled up by the extrusion member elevation part; and
a base member provided with a bracket,
wherein the pot holding part is provided in the base member,
the extrusion member elevation part is provided on the bracket, and
at a lower end of the bracket, the stopper is provided.

2. The paste supply apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the extrusion member elevation part is configured to pull-up the extrusion member after the tubular container collides with the stopper.

3. The paste supply apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the inner lid holding part is configured to release holding of the inner lid by the extrusion member after the container collides with the stopper.

4. A paste supply method in the paste supply apparatus according to claim 1 using a paste pot that includes a tubular container which receives paste and is provided with a through hole in a bottom part of the tubular container, and an inner lid movable inside the tubular container, the method comprising:
depressing the inner lid of the paste pot held in a pot holding part by an extrusion member and downwardly extruding the paste of the inside of the tubular container from the through hole; and
pulling up the extrusion member holding the inner lid after the paste is extruded,
wherein in pulling up the inner lid, the tubular container upwardly moved together with the inner lid is collided with a stopper to impact on the tubular container.

5. The paste supply method according to claim 4 , wherein the pull-up of the inner lid is continued after the tubular container collides with the stopper.

6. The paste supply method according to claim 4 , further comprising releasing the holding of the inner lid by the extrusion member after the tubular container collides with the stopper.

7. The paste supply method according to claim 4 ,
wherein a brim part is provided on an outer surface of the paste pot, and the brim part is separated from an upper surface of the pot holding part in the pulling up of the extrusion member.

8. The paste supply apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein a brim part is provided on an outer surface of the paste pot, and the brim part is separated from an upper surface of the pot holding part when the extrusion member is pulled up by the extrusion member elevation part.

9. A screen printing apparatus comprising:
a mask;
a paste supply apparatus that supplies paste to the mask; and
a squeegee that slides on the mask,
wherein the paste supply apparatus comprises:
a pot holding part that holds a paste pot that includes a tubular container which receives paste and is provided with a through hole in a bottom part of the tubular container, and an inner lid movable inside the tubular container, in a posture in which the paste can be extruded downwardly from the through hole;
an extrusion member configured to hold the inner lid of the paste pot held in the pot holding part;
an inner lid holding part with which the inner lid is held in the extrusion member;
an extrusion member elevation part that upwardly and downwardly moves the extrusion member;
a stopper with which the container upwardly moved together with the inner lid collides when the extrusion member holding the inner lid is pulled up by the extrusion member elevation part; and
a base member provided with a bracket,
wherein the pot holding part is provided in the base member,
the extrusion member elevation part is provided on the bracket, and
at a lower end of the bracket, the stopper is provided.

10. The screen printing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the pull-up of the extrusion member by the extrusion member elevation part is continued after the tubular container collides with the stopper.

11. The screen printing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the inner lid holding part releases holding of the inner lid by the extrusion member after the container collides with the stopper.

12. The screen printing apparatus according to claim 9 ,
wherein a brim part is provided on an outer surface of the paste pot, and the brim part is separated from an upper surface of the pot holding part when the extrusion member is pulled up by the extrusion member elevation part.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Uchida Hideki
• Tokunaga Masaaki

Classifications

• B41F15/405

  Spraying apparatus · CPC title

• B41F15/40 Primary

  Inking units · CPC title

• B41F15/085

  with a stationary screen and a moving squeegee · CPC title

• B41F15/42

  comprising squeegees or doctors · CPC title

• H05K3/1233

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