US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on June 30 for "Wiping device for stencil printer" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,052, issued on June 30, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Wiping device for stencil printer" was invented by Jian Zhang (Glenview, Ill.) and Zhanqing Guo (Glenview, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a scraping device (700) for a stencil printer comprising: a scraper holder (710), a scraper (720) having a travel path for squeegeeing a material to be dispensed on a stencil (130), the scraper (720) being arranged oblique to the stencil (130) and to the rear of the travel path; a mounting assembly (730) configured to mount the scraper (720) to the scraper holder (710). The mount...