Patent ID: 6575091
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
In a screen printing machine of the type having a pallet mounted on a pallet arm which is successively brought into registry with a series of printing heads the improvement of a pallet and pallet arm combination comprising:a) a pallet having a longitudinal axis and leading and trailing edge portions extending laterally at each end of the longitudinal axis, and an upper surface and a lower surface opposed to said upper surface; b) a pallet arm to support said pallet along its longitudinal axis; c) at least one edge recess in either the leading or trailing edge of said pallet and at least one location recess in or adjacent to the other of said leading or trailing edges; d) at least one fixed stop on said pallet arm adapted to fit said at least one edge recess; and e) at least one locating means mounted on said pallet arm remote from said at least one fixed stop, said locating means being of complementary shape to said at least one location recess in or adjacent to said leading or trailing edge of said pallet f) said pallet including perforations in its upper surface communicating with a vacuum line associated with said pallet arm.