Screen printing in which screen members are given relative movement to control ink flow

Claim 1

IN A PRINTING SYSTEM, A CONTAINER HAVING AN OPENING, A DECORATING SCREEN CARRYING A PRINTING IMAGE THROUGH WHICH A FLUID PRINTING INK CAN BE PASSED, SAID DECORATING SCREEN BEING EXTENDEDD ACROSS SAID OPENING OF SAID CONTAINER IN PLANAR ARRAY, WITH THE PRINTING IMAGE EXPOSED, A METERING SCREEN MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER IN CLOSELY ADJACENT RELATIONSHIP TO SAID DECORATING SCREEN, SAID SCREENS BEING SO FORMED THAT WHEN THE MESH OPENINGS THEREOF ARE POSITIONED IN COINCIDING RELATIONSHIP, A FLUID INK MATERIAL WILL FLOW THROUGH THE SCREENS, MEANS MOUNTING SAID METERING SCREEN WITHIN SAID CONTAINER AND FOR LINEAR MOVEMENT PARALLEL TO AND RELATIVE TO SAID DECORATING SCREEN, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID METERING SCREEN RELATIVE TO SAID DECORATING SCREEN TO PERMIT FLOW OF A FLUID INK THERETHROUGH, A BODY OF FLUID INK WITHIN SAID CONTAINER, MEANS IMPOSING A HYDRAULIC PRESSURE ON SAID BODY OF IN TENDING TO FORCE SAID INK TO FLOW THROUGH SAID SCREENS ON A FLOW SETTING THEREOF, MEANS FOR POSITIONING AND ARTICLE TO BE PRINTED IN PRINTING RELATIONSHIP RELATIVE TO SAID DECORATING SCREEN, AND MEANS FOR PASSING THE PERIPHERY OF SAID ARTICLE TO BE PRINTED AND SAID DECORATING SCREEN IN PRINTING RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER WHEN SAID PRINTING IMAGE IS LOADED WITH INK.