Claims
- 1. A rotary printing screen for mounting in a rotary screen printing machine having a tensioning device for longitudinally tensioning said rotary printing screen, comprising:
- A. a pair of mutually parallel, coaxially disposed, and axially spaced endrings, each having a central rotational axis, an outer cylindrical surface, and an adjacent radially disposed shoulder extending toward said axis;
- B. a screen cylinder which is coaxially aligned with said axis, having a central portion and a terminal portion at each end thereof, each said terminal portion being positioned over one of said outer cylindrical surfaces; and
- C. a pair of selectively heat-shrunk plastic support members, each of which is attached to one of said terminal portions and extends over said adjacent shoulder toward said axis as a radially recessed lip which increases progressively in thickness with distance from said cylindrical surface and terminates in a thickened bead, said support members uniformly resisting axially directed pressure from said longitudinal tensioning of said rotary printing screen and serving as a positive means to support the adjacent endrings in order to prevent cocking of said endrings within said screen cylinder and to prevent said endrings from being pulled out of said screen cylinder by said tensioning device.
- 2. The rotary screen of claim 1 wherein each said terminal portion is adhesively bonded to said one of said outer cylindrical surfaces to form an adhesive joint therebetween.
- 3. The rotary screen of claim 2 wherein each said plastic support member overlaps and is adhesively attached to one of said terminal portions and covers said joint therebeneath as a sleeve.
- 4. The rotary screen of claim 3 wherein said screen cylinder is made from metal and said sleeves are made from a heat-shrinkable polymer selected from the group consisting of polyesters and copolymers thereof.
- 5. The rotary screen of claim 2 wherein said support members are endwise extensions of said terminal portions, each said support member extending endwise beyond one said outer cylindrical surface for a distance of about 0.1 inch to 1.0 inch before heat shrinking thereof.
- 6. The rotary screen of claim 5 wherein said support members are made from a heat-shrinkable polymer selected from the group consisting of polyesters and copolymers thereof.
- 7. The rotary screen of claim 6 wherein said polymer is polyethylene terephthalate.
- 8. The rotary screen of claim 7 wherein each said lip is from about 10 to 90 percent thicker than said screen cylinder which has a thickness of 0.001 to 0.025 inch.
- 9. The rotary screen of claim 8 wherein each said lip is shrunk 5 to 10 percent in circumference and 10 to 35 percent in axial length.
- 10. A rotary printing screen, for use in rotary screen printing of textiles, which has a central rotational axis and comprises:
- A. a pair of integrally constructed endrings which are spaced axially apart, are coaxially disposed and aligned with said central rotational axis, are mutually parallel, and are selectively forced apart by axially directed pressure from a tension-applying means when said rotary printing screen is mounted and positioned in a rotary screen printing machine, each said endring comprising an outer cylindrical surface and an adjacent radially disposed shoulder extending radially inwardly from said surface; and
- B. a plastic cylinder, comprising:
- (1) a cylindrical portion that:
- (a) is circumferentially under uniformly high tension when said screen is tensioned by said tension-applying means,
- (b) has a terminal portion at each end thereof that fits over one said outer cylindrical surface, and
- (c) is from 0.002 to 0.025 inch in thickness,
- (2) a pair of thickened lips, each said lip extending radially inwardly from one said terminal portion over a portion of one said shoulder so that all circumferentially related positions along said lip are equidistant from said axis, and
- (3) a beaded edge at the endwise edge of each said lip;
- whereby said endrings obtain circumferentially uniform support from said lips against said axially directed pressure and do not become off centered in relation to said plastic cylinder during said rotary screen printing of textiles.
- 11. The rotary printing screen of claim 10 wherein said lips extend over said shoulder a distance of from about 0.1 to 1.0 inch.
- 12. The rotary printing screen of claim 11 wherein said lips are from about 10 to 90 percent thicker than said thickness of said cylindrical portion.
- 13. The rotary printing screen of claim 12 wherein said cylindrical portion has a thickness of 0.007 inch, said lip has a thickness of 0.010-0.013 inch, and said beaded edge has a thickness of 0.015-0.02 inch.
- 14. The rotary printing screen of claim 13 wherein said plastic cylinder is formed of polyethylene terephthalate and each said lip and each said beaded edge are heat shrunk so that said thickness thereof is circumferentially uniform and progressively increasing toward said beaded edge.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 417,979, filed Nov. 21, 1973, and now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (9)
Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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"Inks, Equipment, and Screen-making Supplies", Colonial Catalog, 1970, p. 52. |
Continuation in Parts (1)
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