A selective stencil mask and a stencil printing method are provided. The stencil mask is for printing a fluid material onto a substrate, and comprises: a stencil member comprising: at least one printing region each having an array of apertures that allow the fluid material to flow therethrough and deposit onto the substrate; and a blocking region configured to prevent the fluid material from flowing therethrough; and a supporting member attached to the stencil member and configured to, when the stencil mask is placed on the substrate, contact the substrate and create a gap between the stencil member and the substrate.

The present invention is directed toward the reduction of light scattering for masks that are used also to convey information by transmission onto light-sensitive materials used for screen printing (stencils), pad printing (cliches), gravure (cylinders), flexography (plates), and other printing processes.

An electrolytic membrane valve and method of its manufacture are provided. The valve includes a substrate comprising an opening and a conductive membrane impermeable to a conductive media and sealing the opening, as well as a cathode on the substrate and in communication with the membrane through the conductive media, and an anode on the substrate directly contacting the membrane. The anode is at least partially protected from electrochemical corrosion, and upon application of an electrical potential between the anode and the cathode, the membrane ruptures to allow flow of the conductive media through the opening.

A printing method for carrying out printing with respect to various printing target objects through a more appropriate method using an inkjet head, the printing method including a screen preparing step of preparing a mesh-like screen, an ink discharging step of discharging an ink droplet from the inkjet head to one surface of the screen, a viscosity increasing step of enhancing a viscosity of the ink on the screen, an ink push-in step of pushing the ink with enhanced viscosity from the one surface side toward other surface side of the screen, the step including pushing in the ink while a medium, or a target object of printing, and the other surface of the screen are making contact to attach the ink with enhanced viscosity to the medium, and an ink fixing step of fixing the ink attached to the medium to the medium.

A thermal stencil making unit that makes a stencil of a perforated image on a thermal gauze by moving a thermal print head having the plurality of heat elements relative to the thermal gauze tightly stretched in a gauze frame detachably set in a unit housing, includes a head-protecting member that moves between a protection position where the thermal print head is protected and a protection release position where a protective state is released. The thermal stencil making unit moves the head-protecting member to the protection position when the gauze frame is not set in the unit housing and moves the head-protecting cover member from the protection position to the protection release position, in conjunction with an operation of setting the gauze frame in the unit housing.

A system for scoring a curved surface of a manufactured product is provided. The system includes: a controller unit for analyzing a digital image to be printed to the curved surface of the manufactured product; and an ink-jet printer in communication with the controller unit and including a printhead including one or more fluid reservoirs, each of which includes a curable solution, for applying the curable solution to the curved surface in a pattern directed by the controller unit and based on the digital image. The system also includes: a radiation generator in communication with the controller unit which applies radiation to the curved surface to cure the curable solution applied by the ink-jet printer; and a fluid pressurizer in communication with the controller unit for providing a pressurized fluid stream to the curved surface.

The present invention provides a frame assembly, which comprises a first frame and a second frame provided to surround the first frame. The first frame and the second frame are configured to support mesh fabric therebetween.

The present invention provides a frame assembly, which comprises a first frame and a second frame provided to surround the first frame. The first frame and the second frame are configured to support mesh fabric therebetween.

A metal mask is used in applying a printing material to an object to be printed by the sliding of a squeegee across a first surface of the metal mask. The metal mask has a plurality of openings extending from the first surface to a second surface facing the object. The metal mask has a bridge section and a filling section. The bridge section is disposed between first and second openings, and is recessed from the second surface. The filling section is provided on the second surface-side of the bridge section for being filled with printing material. The filling section communicates with the respective ends of the first and second openings. When viewed from the second surface, the filling section has a width that is larger than a width of the openings in a direction that intersects with a direction extending between the first and second openings.

A metal mask is used in applying a printing material to an object to be printed by the sliding of a squeegee across a first surface of the metal mask. The metal mask has a plurality of openings extending from the first surface to a second surface facing the object. The metal mask has a bridge section and a filling section. The bridge section is disposed between first and second openings, and is recessed from the second surface. The filling section is provided on the second surface-side of the bridge section for being filled with printing material. The filling section communicates with the respective ends of the first and second openings. When viewed from the second surface, the filling section has a width that is larger than a width of the openings in a direction that intersects with a direction extending between the first and second openings.