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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seizi Kato, Toyota, JP;
Hiroshi Tsuta, Chiryu, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd., Chiryu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 1/12 ;
Abstract
A squeegee for use in screen printing, including a flexible portion, and one separation or two separations extending from a contact edge of the flexible portion for contact with a screen, toward a base portion of the squeegee, thereby at least partly separating the flexible portion, so that the flexible portion includes a first portion between the one separation and a lateral edge of the flexible portion, or between the two separations, and a second portion different from the first portion, and so that the first portion and the second portion are flexible independent of each other.