US3886861A - Squeegee mount to independently adjust squeegee angle and pressure - Google Patents
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- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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- B41F15/00—Screen printers
- B41F15/14—Details
- B41F15/44—Squeegees or doctors
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41L—APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES
- B41L13/00—Stencilling apparatus for office or other commercial use
- B41L13/04—Stencilling apparatus for office or other commercial use with curved or rotary stencil carriers
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- My invention relates to a screen printing machine comprising a frame and movably provided therein at least one stencil with an adjustable squeegee, operative in a path along which the material to be printed is advanced while each squeegee consists of a strip with an edge which can be brought into contact with the associated stencil, and the strip is secured to supporting means which at its two ends is supported in the frame by an adjustable suspension device.
- the printing paste is pressed, by means of the squeegee, through the perforations of the stencil.
- the quantity of paste pressed through the perforations is affected by the angle of the nip between the strip of the squeegee and the stencil inner surface, and by the force by which the edge of the strip presses against the stencil.
- the nip angle which can range from about to 90 gives rise to shearing forces because of the relative movement of squeegee strip and stencil during printing.
- the width and thickness of the squeegee strip are so determined that the required quantity of printing paste is brought on and/or into the material to be printed.
- the suspension device allows a rotation of the squeegee around a pivot axis situated on an extension of a line passing along the edge of the squeegee strip contacting the screen. Due to this feature the axis of rotation of the squeegee strip will coincide, in the operative position of the squeegee with the line of contact between stencil and squeegee strip.
- nip angle and compressive force can be effected independently of one an other.
- each suspension device For making the squeegee inoperative (e.g. when the printing process is interrupted) and for adjusting the compressive force each suspension device consists of a first lever the axis of rotation of which is ad justably supported on the frame of the machine.
- the adjustable support of the axis of rotation of the first lever is preferably in a second lever which allows an adjustment of the squeegee in a vertical direction perpendicular to the printing path.
- FIG. I is a side elevational view of that portion of the printing machine to which the present invention relates and showing the adjusting structure
- FIG. 2 is an exploded view in perspective of the adjusting structure of FIG. I.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 there is shown a part of the frame 1 of the machine and a stencil 2 rotatably mounted in the frame.
- an adjustable squeegee 3 is provided in each stencil.
- This stencil is operative in a path A along which the material to be printed (e.g. a web of fabric or loose sheets of paper) is advanced.
- Each squeegee comprises a supporting member 4 with a fitting 5 for a squeegee strip 6 proper.
- the member 4 is constructed in the usual way as a tube through which the printing paste is fed to the interior of the stencil 2.
- the supporting member 4 is hung at its two ends protruding from the stencil on adjustable suspension members 7 consisting of a lever 8, supported in the frame I.
- the lever 8 in this case constructed as a bell crank lever, has a pivotal axis 9 situated on the extension of a line along the edge 10 of the squeegee strip 6.
- the pivotal axis 9 of the first lever 8 is supported in a second lever 11 allowing an adjustment in a vertical direction perpendicular to the printing path A.
- the second lever 11 has a pivotal axis 12 on the frame I of the machine.
- the one end of the lever 11 carries the pivotal axis 9 of the first lever 8, while the other end via an operating rod 13 is connected with a fluid operating member 14, e.g. consisting of the usual pneumatic jack.
- the one end 15 of the first lever 8 carries the supporting member 4 of the squeegee 3, while the other end 16 cooperates with both an adjusting mechanism 17 and a graduated scale 18.
- the mechanism 17 comprises a nut 19 connected with the end I6 of the bell crank lever 8 and cooperating with a threaded rod 20 which via an universal joint 21 and a bevel gearing 22 is connected with a hand wheel 23.
- a hand wheel 23 By turning this hand wheel 23 the rod 20 is rotated to move the nut 19 along the threaded rod 20 to rotate the lever 8 around its pivotal axis 9 which coincides with the line 10 of contact.
- the pivoting lever 8 thus moves the squeegee support 4 downwardly but at the same time imparts a sideward or lateral movement to the support.
- the downward and lateral components of movement produce a pivoting movement of the entire support 3-6 about the pivot axis 9.
- the nip angle a between the squeegee strip 6 and the inner surface of the stencil 2 is adjusted without any change in the compressive force of the squeegee strip. It is thus possible to adjust to any nip angle required or desired for a particular printing effect and to subsequently determine independently of the nip angle the compressive force of the squeegee strip via the lever 11, rod 13 and the operating member 14.
- the invention renders it possible to adjust independently of each other the nip angle and the force by which the squeegee presses against the stencil, which allows more freedom in realizing exactly any desired printing effect.
- the invention can be applied both with rigid and rather soft squeegee strips such as applied in the screen printing technique.
- a squeegee supporting means comprising a tubular member positioned within a rotatable cylindrical stencil, said tubular member having both its ends protruding outwardly beyond both edges of the stencil, a squeegee secured to said supporting means and having an elongated edge for contacting the inner surface of said rotatable cylindrical stencil, and adjustable suspension means mounted on said frame connected to both ends of said squeegee supporting means and comprising at least one mounting member pivotable about an axis coextensive with said edge of the squeegee for tilting said squeegee and supporting means about said axis to vary the angle of nip between the squeegee and the screen without changing the compressive force of the squeegee.
- said mounting member comprises a first lever pivotally mounted on a first pivot axis coincident with the said axis about which said squeegee is tilted, and means on said frame for adjustably supporting said first pivot axis.
- said adjustable suspension means comprises a second lever pivotally mounted on said frame to adjust said first pivot axis substantially perpendicular to a plane tangential to the stencil in the vicinity of the contact of the stencil by the squeegee.
- said first lever comprises a bell crank having first and second ends, said supporting means being connected to said first end, and an adjustable mechanism movable along a scale connected to the second end of said bell crank.
- said second lever comprises first and second ends, said first pivot axis being on the first end of said second lever, and fluid operating means connected to the second end of said second lever.
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NL7103481A NL7103481A (it) | 1971-03-16 | 1971-03-16 |
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Cited By (13)
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US4036129A (en) * | 1974-10-15 | 1977-07-19 | Johannes Zimmer | Squeegee device |
US4069756A (en) * | 1973-04-05 | 1978-01-24 | Stork Amsterdam B.V. | Squeegee device |
US4077320A (en) * | 1975-08-12 | 1978-03-07 | Societe Alsacienne De Constructions Mecaniques De Mulhouse | Suspension device for squeegee-supporting tubes in rotary screen printer |
US4103614A (en) * | 1975-09-29 | 1978-08-01 | Mathias Mitter | Screen printing machine with reciprocating endless printing screen |
US4103613A (en) * | 1975-09-29 | 1978-08-01 | Mathias Mitter | Screen printing machine with ink supply reciprocation |
US4103615A (en) * | 1976-01-14 | 1978-08-01 | Sir James Farmer Norton & Co., Limited | Vertical rotary screen printing machine and ink supply therefore |
WO1985003672A1 (en) * | 1984-02-21 | 1985-08-29 | Lockwood Technical, Inc. | Rotary screen printing apparatus |
US4905591A (en) * | 1987-10-09 | 1990-03-06 | Stork Brabant B.V. | Multicolor rotary screen printing machine with an improved squeegee suspension construction |
US5247882A (en) * | 1991-05-10 | 1993-09-28 | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Quick change rotary screen printing apparatus |
US5346552A (en) * | 1991-09-23 | 1994-09-13 | Johannes Zimmer | Device having a profile strip equipped with a squeeze element that is freely movable transversely to a working surface |
US5388508A (en) * | 1993-01-22 | 1995-02-14 | Societe D'exploitation Des Machines Dubuit | Squeegee head, in particular for silkscreen printing machines |
US5400709A (en) * | 1992-09-21 | 1995-03-28 | Comco Machinery, Inc. | Rotary print head module and impression bar |
US6477946B1 (en) * | 1999-09-17 | 2002-11-12 | Riso Kagaku Corporation | Stencil printing machine |
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CH550664A (de) * | 1973-02-27 | 1974-06-28 | Buser Ag Maschf Fritz | Rotationsfilmdruckmaschine. |
DE2930093C2 (de) * | 1979-07-25 | 1983-05-11 | Mathias 4815 Schloss Holte Mitter | Rakelanordnung für eine Siebdruckmaschine |
DE3638308A1 (de) * | 1986-11-10 | 1988-05-19 | Gerhard Plieninger | Siebdruckmaschine |
AT387161B (de) * | 1987-05-18 | 1988-12-12 | Zimmer Johannes | Einrichtung zur zufuehrung einer fliessfaehigen substanz |
DE3784724D1 (de) * | 1987-10-10 | 1993-04-15 | Johannes Zimmer | Rakelgeraet. |
DE4123590C2 (de) * | 1991-07-17 | 1999-10-07 | Gerd Quast | Siebdruckmaschine |
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US2071824A (en) * | 1933-10-13 | 1937-02-23 | Poster Products Inc | Stencil printing machine |
US2202799A (en) * | 1938-12-07 | 1940-05-28 | Owens Illinois Glass Co | Stenciling apparatus |
US2210633A (en) * | 1937-12-14 | 1940-08-06 | Claire Hartman | Multicolor fabric printing |
US2295979A (en) * | 1939-08-30 | 1942-09-15 | Kimble Glass Co | Stenciling machine |
US2498917A (en) * | 1946-09-23 | 1950-02-28 | Gattuso Henry Andrew | Stenciling apparatus |
US2534320A (en) * | 1946-05-16 | 1950-12-19 | Champion Paper & Fibre Co | Apparatus for coating paper |
US2814987A (en) * | 1955-02-14 | 1957-12-03 | Robert F Foard | Printing machine |
US3006275A (en) * | 1960-05-13 | 1961-10-31 | Inta Roto Machine Company Inc | Micrometer doctor bar assembly |
US3109365A (en) * | 1962-01-04 | 1963-11-05 | William M Karlyn | Stenciling apparatus |
US3139823A (en) * | 1961-11-10 | 1964-07-07 | Landesman Eugene | Screen printing machine |
US3276356A (en) * | 1964-10-02 | 1966-10-04 | Monsanto Co | Methods and apparatus for handling and forming indicia on articles |
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US2071824A (en) * | 1933-10-13 | 1937-02-23 | Poster Products Inc | Stencil printing machine |
US2210633A (en) * | 1937-12-14 | 1940-08-06 | Claire Hartman | Multicolor fabric printing |
US2202799A (en) * | 1938-12-07 | 1940-05-28 | Owens Illinois Glass Co | Stenciling apparatus |
US2295979A (en) * | 1939-08-30 | 1942-09-15 | Kimble Glass Co | Stenciling machine |
US2534320A (en) * | 1946-05-16 | 1950-12-19 | Champion Paper & Fibre Co | Apparatus for coating paper |
US2498917A (en) * | 1946-09-23 | 1950-02-28 | Gattuso Henry Andrew | Stenciling apparatus |
US2814987A (en) * | 1955-02-14 | 1957-12-03 | Robert F Foard | Printing machine |
US3006275A (en) * | 1960-05-13 | 1961-10-31 | Inta Roto Machine Company Inc | Micrometer doctor bar assembly |
US3139823A (en) * | 1961-11-10 | 1964-07-07 | Landesman Eugene | Screen printing machine |
US3109365A (en) * | 1962-01-04 | 1963-11-05 | William M Karlyn | Stenciling apparatus |
US3276356A (en) * | 1964-10-02 | 1966-10-04 | Monsanto Co | Methods and apparatus for handling and forming indicia on articles |
Cited By (14)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4069756A (en) * | 1973-04-05 | 1978-01-24 | Stork Amsterdam B.V. | Squeegee device |
US4036129A (en) * | 1974-10-15 | 1977-07-19 | Johannes Zimmer | Squeegee device |
US4077320A (en) * | 1975-08-12 | 1978-03-07 | Societe Alsacienne De Constructions Mecaniques De Mulhouse | Suspension device for squeegee-supporting tubes in rotary screen printer |
US4103614A (en) * | 1975-09-29 | 1978-08-01 | Mathias Mitter | Screen printing machine with reciprocating endless printing screen |
US4103613A (en) * | 1975-09-29 | 1978-08-01 | Mathias Mitter | Screen printing machine with ink supply reciprocation |
US4103615A (en) * | 1976-01-14 | 1978-08-01 | Sir James Farmer Norton & Co., Limited | Vertical rotary screen printing machine and ink supply therefore |
WO1985003672A1 (en) * | 1984-02-21 | 1985-08-29 | Lockwood Technical, Inc. | Rotary screen printing apparatus |
US4627345A (en) * | 1984-02-21 | 1986-12-09 | Lockwood Technical, Inc. | Rotary screen printing apparatus |
US4905591A (en) * | 1987-10-09 | 1990-03-06 | Stork Brabant B.V. | Multicolor rotary screen printing machine with an improved squeegee suspension construction |
US5247882A (en) * | 1991-05-10 | 1993-09-28 | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Quick change rotary screen printing apparatus |
US5346552A (en) * | 1991-09-23 | 1994-09-13 | Johannes Zimmer | Device having a profile strip equipped with a squeeze element that is freely movable transversely to a working surface |
US5400709A (en) * | 1992-09-21 | 1995-03-28 | Comco Machinery, Inc. | Rotary print head module and impression bar |
US5388508A (en) * | 1993-01-22 | 1995-02-14 | Societe D'exploitation Des Machines Dubuit | Squeegee head, in particular for silkscreen printing machines |
US6477946B1 (en) * | 1999-09-17 | 2002-11-12 | Riso Kagaku Corporation | Stencil printing machine |
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NL7103481A (it) | 1972-09-19 |
ES400738A1 (es) | 1975-01-16 |
IT950077B (it) | 1973-06-20 |
DE2209630A1 (de) | 1972-09-28 |
CH533011A (de) | 1973-01-31 |
FR2129727A5 (it) | 1972-10-27 |
AT319177B (de) | 1974-12-10 |
GB1324969A (en) | 1973-07-25 |
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