Automatic screen printing machine by vacuum method

Claim 1

A SCREEN PRINTING MACHINE FOR PRINTING A PATTERN WHICH IS THE SAME ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CLOTH BEING PRINTED, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING AN INTERMITTENTLY DRIVEN POROUS ENDLESS CLOTH SUPPORTING BELT FOR SUPPORTING THE CLOTH TO BE PRINTED, A VERTICALLY MOVABLE FRAME ADJACENT SAID CLOTH SUPPORTING BELT PERIODICALLY MOVABLE UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO THE SURFACE OF SAID CLOTH SUPPORTING BELT FROM A POSITION IN WHICH SAID FRAME IS A CLOTH ON SID SUPPORTING BELT, AND THEN DOWNWARDLY, A PLURALITY OF TOP SCREEN FRAMES MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AT SPACED INTERVALS ALONG SAID CLOTH SUPPORTING BELT AND ABOVE THE SURFACE OF SAID CLOTH SUPPORTING BELT, A PRINTING SCREEN IN EACH FRAME, A PRINTER FOR EACH SCREEN MOVABLE ACROSS THE SCREEN FROM ONE EDGE TO THE OTHER, EACH PRINTER COMPRISING A PAIR OF ROLLERS SPACED FROM EACH OTHER A SHORT DISTANCE AND EACH HAVING A COVER BELT OF AIR IMPERVIOUS MATERIAL WOUND THEREAROUND WITH ONE END OF EACH COVER BELT ATTACHED TO A ROLLER AND THE OTHER ATTACHED TO ONE OF THE EDGES OF THE SCREEN BETWEEN WHICH THE PRINTER IS MOVABLE, PRINTER MOVING MEANS TO WHICH SAID PRINTERS ARE ATTACHED FOR MOVING SAID PRINTERS BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE SCREENS WHILE RESPECTIVELY WINDING AND UNWINDING SAID COVER BELTS, AND A PLURALITY OF VACUUM APPLYING MEANS IMMEDIATELY BENEATH SAID BELT IN FIXED POSITIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE POSITIONS OF SAID SCREEN FRAMES FOR APPLYING A VACUUM TO AREAS BENEATH SAID CLOTH SUPPORTING BELT CORRESPONDING TO THE AREAS OF SAID SCREENS.