Patent ID: 9630393
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B41F

Claim:
1. A screen printing press, comprising: a base; a clamping mechanism connected to said base, said clamping mechanism having a first member, a second member disposed perpendicular to said first member, and an edge; a screen which is shaped and dimensioned to be received and clamped by said clamping mechanism, said screen including a registration side having a first surface and a second surface disposed perpendicular to said first surface, a protruding stop disposed on said registration side; said clamping mechanism having an X axis, a Y axis, and a Z axis; said first member providing registration of said screen only in said Y axis; said second member providing registration of said screen only in said Z axis; said protruding stop providing registration of said screen only in said X axis; said screen positionable in said clamping mechanism so that said first surface of said registration side abuts said first member of said clamping mechanism, said second surface of said registration side abuts said second member of said clamping mechanism, and said protruding stop abuts said edge of said clamping mechanism; said clamping mechanism including a U-shaped channel wherein said first member is a back plate of said U-shaped channel and said second member is a bottom plate of said U-shaped channel; a junction of said back plate with said bottom plate having a first radius of curvature; and, a junction of said first surface of said registration side with said second surface of said registration side having a second radius of curvature, said second radius of curvature being equal to or greater than said first radius of curvature.