Patent ID: 6089149
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
A screen printing machine, comprising:a plurality of article supports for articles to be printed;a displacement mechanism for displacing said article supports in succession around an endless path of travel; anda plurality of printing stations distributed along said path of travel and each having a printing head;said displacement mechanism comprising drive members engageable with said article supports for displacing said article supports, a reciprocating drive operable to reciprocate said drive members to and fro along said endless path to advance said articles in succession to said printing stations, and actuating devices for displacing said drive members into and out of engagement with said article supports; andsaid endless path including a pair of parallel elongate straight path sections, tracks extending along said straight path sections and a pair of carriages carried on said tracks, said drive members being mounted on said tracks and said reciprocating drive being connected to said carriages for displacing said carriages to and fro, in opposite directions to one another, along said tracks.