Removable screen printing pallet system for maintaining proper registration in print machines
AssigneeM&R Printing Equipment, Inc.
InventorRichard C. Hoffman, Jr.
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Abstract
A removable pallet system for maintaining proper registration on a first printing machine and on a second printing machine is provided. The system includes a removable pallet having a planar garment supporting upper surface, an upper assembly for supporting the removable pallet and a lower assembly for connecting the upper assembly, lower assembly and pallet to an arm of the first printing machine or the second printing machine. The system further includes an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism can include a first X-coordinate adjuster and a first Y-coordinate adjuster for moving the upper assembly relative to the lower assembly.
Claims18
A removable pallet system for maintaining proper registration on a first printing machine and on a second printing machine comprising:
- a removable pallet having a planar garment supporting upper surface defining an X direction and a perpendicular Y direction;
- an upper assembly for supporting the removable pallet;
- a lower assembly for connecting the upper assembly, lower assembly and pallet to an arm of one of the first printing machine and the second printing machine;
- and,
- an adjustment mechanism including a first X-coordinate adjuster including a first horizontal threaded actuator and a first Y-coordinate adjuster including a second horizontal threaded actuator for moving the upper assembly relative to the lower assembly.
A removable pallet system for maintaining proper registration on a first printing machine and on a second printing machine comprising:
- a removable pallet having a planar garment supporting upper surface defining an X direction and a perpendicular Y direction;
- an upper assembly for supporting the removable pallet;
- a lower assembly for connecting the upper assembly, lower assembly and pallet to an arm of one of the first printing machine and the second printing machine, wherein the lower assembly includes a first rail and a second rail spaced from and parallel to the first rail;
- an adjustment mechanism for moving the upper assembly relative to the lower assembly;
- a plurality of fasteners which can be tightened to fix a position of the upper assembly to the lower assembly;
- and,
- a plurality of spaced apart beam members fixedly attached to the first rail and the second rail wherein the first rail includes a first lower outwardly directed flange and the second rail includes a second lower outwardly directed flange, the first lower outwardly directed flange and the second lower outwardly directed flange for connecting the removable pallet to one of the arm of the first printing machine and the second printing machine and wherein the first rail includes a first upper inwardly directed flange and the second rail includes a second upper inwardly directed flange, the first upper inwardly directed flange and the second upper inwardly directed flange for supporting the upper assembly on the lower assembly and wherein the first upper inwardly directed flange and the second upper inwardly directed flange include a plurality of openings where each of the plurality of openings is aligned with a respective one of the plurality of fasteners and wherein at least one of the plurality of spaced apart beam members includes a first opening aligned with one of the plurality of openings in the first upper inwardly directed flange, and a second opening aligned with one of the plurality of openings in the second upper inwardly directed flange.
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