Patent ID: 6834583
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
A stencil screen assembly including the combination of:a stencil screen having a desired pattern to be imprinted defined by paint pervious openings bounded by an adhered paint-impervious layer; a rectangular stencil screen frame including upstanding elongated sidewalls joined by spaced apart upstanding end walls to circumscribe a screen window opening establishing a stencil screen support plane; said upstanding elongated sidewalls including side plate sections generally perpendicular to said stencil, said side plate sections having sufficient resiliency to inwardly elastically bend toward each other to thereby relieve said stencil screen of a significant part of the stress while a squeegee traverses said desired pattern to be imprinted and to restore said stencil screen to said stencil screen support plane as a squeegee traverses said desired pattern to be imprinted; and screen support arms secured to said rectangular stencil screen frame to extend outwardly from said end walls.