Squeegee arrangement for silkscreen printers

A squeegee arrangement for silkscreen printing machines, comprising two squeegees arranged side-by-side and made from a somewhat flexible material, and respective squeegee holders, in which arrangment the squeegees are arranged to move relative to a stencil having a printing pattern provided thereon and located above a material substrate to be printed upon and supported on a stencil frame, said sqeegees being arranged to press print-forming substance through the stencil and onto the material substrate during said relative movement, and in which arrangment a plane extending centrally through respective squeegees forms an obtuse angle with the stencil and the material substrate in relation to the directional plane of squeegee movement, wherein the centrally located planes of respective squeegees subtend therebetween an angle of less than 120.degree. and greater than 60.degree.;

• and one of said squeegees is arranged to co-act with the stencil to effect printing in a first direction of squeegee movement, the other squeegee is arranged to co-act with the stencil to effect printing in a second direction opposite to said first direction;
• adjustment means for adjusting the angular range during a printing sequence;
• and means for displacing the stencil in a direction opposite to the direction of squeeges movement and compensate for discrepancies occurring in the print-pattern of the stencil on the substrate material as a result of stencil strength, said means for displacing the stencil connected to the stencil frame and displacing the frame in response to movement of said squeegees.