Heat pressable platen
AssigneeLivingston Systems, LLC
InventorDarren Livingston
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Abstract
A platen is disclosed. In an example, the platen may include a shirtboard configured to receive a garment. A backing is coupled to the shirtboard. The backing and the shirtboard are compressible to selectively compress the shirtboard against the backing during a printing operation. An example method of printing on a garment includes threading a garment onto a board so that the board is wearing the garment, supporting the board against a backing during compression, and printing on the garment. In an example, a fabric of the garment is pretreated, heat-pressed, and printed on, all without removing the garment from the board.
Claims11
A platen comprising:
- a shirtboard configured to receive a garment;
- a springboard coupled to the shirtboard with a fixed spacing therebetween;
- a backing coupled to the shirtboard via the springboard, wherein the springboard is positioned between the shirtboard and the backing;
- wherein the backing and the shirtboard are compressible to selectively compress the shirtboard against the backing during a printing operation.
A heat pressable platen comprising:
- a shirtboard;
- and
- a springboard coupled to the shirtboard;
- at least one support positioned below the springboard to provide unobstructed threading of a garment on the shirtboard, at least one portion of the at least one support moving through the springboard until the at least one portion of the least one support contacts the shirtboard during a heat pressing operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.