Patent · US Expired

Screen printing a glass pane with a decorative coating including blowing away or sucking printing ink from the edge of the glass pane

US5273780A · kind A · utility

10Cited by

3References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Saint-Gobain Vitrage International · FR

Inventors

Manfred Borger · Aachen, DE
Dieter Hahn · Memmelsdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 1992
Grant date	Dec 28, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 23, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41M1/34
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In the application of a decorative coating onto a glass pane by the silk screen printing process, a printing screen (2) is used, the printing surface of which extends beyond the peripheral face (9) of the glass pane (1). The printing ink situated in the meshes of the printing screen outside the glass surface in the printing operation is blown away or is sucked away by a suction nozzle (23), which is guided over the printing screen (2) behind the scraper (21).

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