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(11) EP 0 029 348 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.01.1982 Bulletin 1982/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.05.1981 Bulletin 1981/21

(21) Application number: 80304067

(22) Date of filing: 13.11.1980
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 15.11.1979 IE 219479
28.07.1980 IE 156880

(71) Applicant: INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND STANDARDS
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(72) Inventor:
  • Davies, Peter
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(54) Metal printing screen for flat screen printing


(57) The invention relates to a metal printing screen for flat screen printing, a method and former for manufacturing the printing screen.
The printing screen overcomes the problem of poor registration associated with existing printing screens and the problem of adequately tensioning metal printing screens onto a forme frame.
Essentially the printing screen (2) comprise a printing portion (9) and an outer peripheral mounting portion provided by upstanding side mounting members (11) adapted to engage a forme frame (1). The printing portion (9) and the side mounting members (11) are simultaneously formed by electrolytic deposition of nickel onto a former (15), on which is provided a negative (18) of the printing screen (2). The printing portion (9) and the mounting members (11) are formed on a forming face (16) and on corresponding side faces (17), respectively, of the former.






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