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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Richard C Hoffman, Jr, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Alex Iaccino, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Dariusz Tkacz, Naperville, IL (US);
Roman Guzek, Addison, IL (US);
M&R Printing Equipment, Inc., Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Abstract
A contaminant remover for a screen printing operation using a multiple station printing machine having at least a first printing station is disclosed. The contaminant remover has a support arm attached to the first printing station of the printing machine, and a contaminant removal surface attached to the support arm. As a printing surface is automatically brought into printing alignment with the first printing station, the contaminant removal surface engages the printing surface and moves across the printing surface to remove contaminants which may undesirably block portions of the screen. The contaminant removal surface is preferably a plurality of removable roller brushes having an adhesive applied to their respective surfaces.