Apparatus and process for t-shirt/garment screen printing
AssigneeBlueback, LLC
InventorsJeff Eugene Nehring, John August Reglein, Jeffrey Justin Puffett
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Abstract
A screen assembly is provided for screen printing and includes a screen with a perimeter frame and a tray covering the frame. The tray includes a central opening with an inner peripheral lip or edge which press fits against the screen to keep ink from contacting the frame during the screen printing process. After printing, the tray is removed from the frame so that the assembly can be cleaned and reused. The assembly and its method of use eliminates the need for conventional taping of the screen and frame.
Claims18
A method of screen printing using a screen with an upstanding perimeter frame, comprising:
- snapping a tray downwardly over the frame onto a top surface of the screen so as to cover the frame and a perimeter edge portion of the screen;
- then
- applying ink through the screen to a substrate;
- then
- removing the tray from the frame;
- then
- cleaning the screen, frame and tray for subsequent screen printing;
- and
- whereby the snap fit of the tray onto the frame creates a seal against the screen to preclude ink leakage.
A method of assembling a screen and tray for ink screen printing, comprising:
- inserting the tray on top of the screen and inside an upwardly extending frame on the screen, whereby a surface of the tray mating engages a surface of the frame to provide a snap connection between the tray and the frame and creates a sealing engagement of the tray with the screen to prevent ink leakage under the tray.
A method of preparing a screen for screen printing, comprising:
- pushing a tray with a central opening downwardly into a frame extending upwardly from the screen such that a horizontal lip on the tray sealingly contacts an upper surface of the screen;
- and
- the tray and the frame having mating vertical surfaces to provide a snap fit between the tray and the frame to create the sealing contact which prevents ink leakage under the tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.