Rocker press with squeegee and web feed means

Claim 1

A web stock stencil printer having a curved, stock support bed, a stencil screen frame support rockable on said bed, and print carriage means for rocking said stencil screen frame support on said stock support bed, said print carriage means being reciprocally movable in a print stroke and in a return stroke along said bed, said print carriage means being operably coupled to said frame support to rock said frame support over said bed in a first direction during the print stroke, and rock it in the opposite direction during the return stroke; said bed having a web stock inlet end, and a web stock outfeed end; means to intermittently shift said bed and said stencil screen frame support apart after the print stroke for enabling web stock to be advanced around said curved bed free from interference with a stencil and stencil frame in said stencil frame support; a squeegee shiftable on said carriage means between a print position and a non print position relative to said frame support and said bed; shifting means connected to said squeegee for shifting said squeegee from said print position to said non print position; a squeegee trailing flow coater means spaced from said squeegee for spreading a coating of ink on the stencil in said stencil support frame, and end panels extending between said squeegee and said flow coater means, to cause said squeegee, flow coater means, and end panels to form an open bottom ink reservoir; said squeegee having a front face and openings from said front face, through said squeegee and into said reservoir, to allow excess ink in front of said squeegee to flow back into said reservoir.