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US 4,173,928 AGranted
Screen printing machine
OwnerMathias Mitterinventor
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Abstract
A printing station includes a printing screen and an endless gas-permeable carrier band of screen material is provided which has a workpiece supporting run extending beneath the printing screen and on which a sheet-material workpiece to be printed is transported. A suction device is arranged below the supporting run for drawing printing ink into the workpiece on the same.
Claims16
A screen printing machine, comprising a printing station including a printing screen;
- means for supporting and transporting a sheet-material workpiece to be printed, including an endless gas-permeable carrier band having a workpiece supporting run extending beneath said printing screen;
- suction means below said supporting run for drawing printing ink into the workpiece on said supporting run, including a suction device and means for moving said suction device to and fro below said printing run;
- and means between said supporting run and said suction device for reinforcing said carrier band and protecting the same against damage resulting from relative movement of said carrier band and suction device, the last-mentioned means comprising a gas-permeable belt and adjustable tensioning means for maintaining said belt in taut condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.