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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1990
Rick L Fuqua, Chicago, IL (US);
Salvatore Prainito, Highland Park, IL (US);
David Pelko, Bridgeview, IL (US);
Alex Iaccino, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Advance Process Supply Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An automatic screen printing press has a frame with a plurality of platens which are movable seriatim through a plurality of stations in an endless path of movement past printing heads having a power-driven squeegee carriage thereon. At least one of the printing heads is mounted for movement and is positioned at a first location adjacent an open printing station at which cooling or drying of the ink is done when printing in a first sequence. When desiring to print in a different or second sequence, the movable printing head is shifted to previously open printing station to print at this latter station during this second sequence thereby leaving its previously-occupied station open for cooling or drying of ink during this second sequence. The movable head allows the user to print a larger number of sequences using fewer printing heads than a user can print using a conventional, automated screen printer which has the same number of printing heads, but all of which heads are fixedly mounted.