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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2003
Hiroaki Onishi, Yamanashi, JP;
Toshinori Mimura, Sakai, JP;
Naoichi Chikahisa, Kofu, JP;
Ken Takahashi, Yamanashi, JP;
Toshiyuki Murakami, Yamanashi, JP;
Hitoshi Nakahira, Yamanashi, JP;
Sadayuki Nagashima, Kofu, JP;
Hiroaki Onishi, Yamanashi, JP;
Toshinori Mimura, Sakai, JP;
Naoichi Chikahisa, Kofu, JP;
Ken Takahashi, Yamanashi, JP;
Toshiyuki Murakami, Yamanashi, JP;
Hitoshi Nakahira, Yamanashi, JP;
Sadayuki Nagashima, Kofu, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A printing screen cleaning apparatus and a method for cleaning a printing screen by employing the cleaning apparatus which includes a cleaning head having a wiping member and a backup member for sucking the paste via a wiping member while sliding the wiping member on a lower surface of the printing screen. The backup member includes a suction port provided in a suction region of a backup surface of the backup member. The backup member also has a groove that extends parallel to the suction region and approximately perpendicular to the sliding direction of the wiping member. The groove partially releases the backup of the wiping member.