Patent ID: 7013801
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
1. A system for applying a substance to a substrate and operable with a manual printing press and a screen having a screen frame and a screen mesh, the screen mountable in the printing press, comprising: a frame system comprising: a squeegee comprising: wherein the flanged area is configured to guide the at least one opposing guide members between the upper track and the lower track of the opposing track frames at the receiving end of the track system; wherein the blade is configured to apply the substance through the screen mesh to the substrate at the height and the angle when the at least one opposing guide members travel along the guide plane between the receiving end and the exiting end of the opposing track frames, the height resulting in a selected biasing force being applied between the blade and the screen mesh; and wherein the recessed area of the upper track is configured to upwardly release the at least one opposing guide members from the opposing track frames at the exiting end.