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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
May. 17, 2000
Mark Curtin, Woburn, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A squeegee blade system having a pair of squeegee blade holders, each holder having a squeegee blade secured thereto. When one squeegee blade moves to and from a print stroke position, the other holder moves its associated blade from and to a non-print stroke position. Each of the squeegee blade holders have an actuator and a sensor/display such that the actuator of one holder communicates with the sensor of the other holder. Each time one squeegee blade holder is moved to the print stroke position the actuator of the one squeegee blade holder actuates the sensor/display in the other squeegee blade holder such that an accurate count of the squeegee blade usage is displayed. In another embodiment, a squeegee blade system on a squeegee head has a pair of mirror image squeegee blades secured thereto such that the head moves to and from a stencil. A sensor and a means for counting are secured to the squeegee head such that the sensor is actuated each time the squeegee head moves to the stencil.