Silk screen printing apparatus

Claim 1

IN A SILK SCREEN PRINTING APPARATUS FOR PRINTING BOTTLES COMPRISING A MOVABLE SILK SCREEN STENCIL AND SQUEEGEE MEANS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING BOTTLES IN POSITION ADJACENT THE STENCIL FOR PRINTING, AND ROTARY SUPPORTING MEANS FOR LIFTING INDIVIDUAL BOTTLES INTO CONTACT WITH SAID STENCIL AND MOVING EACH BOTTLE IN COORDINATION WITH MOVEMENT OF SAID STENCIL TO PRINT ON THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF THE BOTTLE, EACH OF SAID BOTTLES HAVING AN OPENING AT ONE END AND A BASE AT THE OPPOSITE END HAVING FIRST AND SECOND DEPRESSIONS SPACED ALONG A DIAMETER OF THE BOTTLE; THE IMPROVEMENT IN SAID ROTARY SUPPORTING MEANS WHICH COMPRISES FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTING MEMBERS ENGAGEABLE WITH OPPOSITE ENDS OF A BOTTLE POSITIONED THEREBETWEEN, SAID FIRST SUPPORTING MEMBER COMPRISING A MOVABLE MEMBER HAVING A CONICAL FACE ENGAGEABLE WITH THE OPENING OF THE BOTTLE, SAID SECOND SUPPORTING MEMBER COMPRISING A ROTATABLE CHUCK HAVING FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTING POINTS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND DEPRESSIONS IN SAID BOTTLE, AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTING MEMBERS BEING OPERABLE TO ENGAGE OPPOSITE ENDS OF A BOTTLE POSITIONED THEREBETWEEN AND TO LIFT SAID BOTTLE AWAY FROM SAID FIRST NAMED SUPPORTING MEANS AND UPON ROTATION OF SAID CHUCK TO ROTATE SAID BOTTLE.