EP0925195A1

EP0925195A1 - Screen printing form and flexible screen printing form accommodating device

Info

Publication number: EP0925195A1
Application number: EP97909245A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Christian Schilling; Horst Baumann; Martin Lehner
Original assignee: Sefar AG
Current assignee: Sefar AG
Priority date: 1996-09-13
Filing date: 1997-09-10
Publication date: 1999-06-30
Anticipated expiration: 2017-09-10
Also published as: ID19179A; EP0925195B1; DE19738873A1; US6258445B1; JP2001500077A; KR20000036101A; CA2265683A1; WO1998010941A1; PT925195E; DE19738879A1; TW494063B; CZ75399A3; ATE203462T1; AU4702097A; BR9711793A; CN1230147A; ES2162673T3; DE59704140D1

Abstract

The invention relates to a screen printing fabric made of self crossing plastic threads with an emulsion coating, wherein the plastic threads are coated with a vacuum metallized or sputtered encasing layer which is covered by an emulsion bearing metal coating produced by electroplating.

Description

DESCRIPTION

SCREEN PRINTING FORM AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING A FLEXIBLE SCREEN PRINTING FORM

The invention relates to a screen printing form with screen printing fabric made of intersecting plastic threads and a coating made of an emulsion, particularly a photosensitive one. The invention also relates to a printing device according to the preamble of patent claim 12.

Centuries after it was first used in China, the screen printing process has been known in Europe since around the 19th century; A fine-mesh textile or wire mesh is stretched in a screen printing frame and covered in an opaque color in the non-image areas. In addition to manual cutting templates - for example for inscriptions - photographically produced direct or indirect templates are preferred today; The choice of the type of stencil - for direct stencils those with emulsion, with direct film and emulsion or with direct film and water - is left to the screen printer.

In order to produce a screen printing form, it usually takes several steps. First, a screen printing fabric is stretched over a printing frame made of light metal, wood or the like and glued to the printing frame in its tensioned position. Cleaning the fabric enables the subsequent application of a light-sensitive emulsion, for example using a coating trough manually or mechanically with an automatic coating machine. Since the coating cannot be created exactly up to the inside of the frame, the remaining surface must be subsequently sealed with a screen filler. Now the coated surface is exposed by means of a copy template (film) corresponding to the print image. The unexposed areas of the printed image are washed out. After the wash-out process, the actual screen printing stencil is created, the edge zones of which often still have to be covered. Once these covers have dried, the template can be used to print. In addition, the individual devices that are used for the respective manufacturing steps of the template must be cleaned. Thus, the work involved in producing a screen printing stencil - especially a single stencil - is relatively large.

For certain fields of application, it is known to settle on palladium nuclei in plastic nets by chemical treatment of the surface and to metallize the filaments. These chemical treatment processes run over several stages and their compositions and processes must be coordinated with the respective plastic material. Restrictions on the choice of materials are imposed due to poor or unsuitable materials. An expensive chemical metal deposition can be connected to the known expensive pretreatments; Due to its insufficient conductivity, the pretreated plastic surface cannot be directly coated with a galvanic metal deposition.

Another aspect is that the stencil carriers used today in screen printing are stretched and glued on all sides before the actual stencil is applied. The quality of the print depends on the correct tissue tension, the relaxation of the tissue, the set jump, the doctor blade pressure or the like. In order to overcome the set jump between tissue and print object, the template must be stretched. In the case of stencil carriers without - or with only very little - internal expansion, this leads to high tensile alternating loads, which can lead to rapid fatigue of the stencil carriers or, if need be, to their destruction. Since these low-stretch stencil carriers can be used to print perfectly using the flat screen printing process, a printing frame is required that is able to compensate for the changes in length caused by the jump. US-A-3, 303, 777 describes a holder for a stencil on a screen printing machine, in which it is to be fixed and tensioned in two parallel areas - which cross the direction of movement of a displaceable squeegee that presses the printing inks through screen meshes.

Knowing these circumstances, the inventor has set himself the goal of considerably simplifying the production and handling of screen printing forms or stencils, making their use in printing units more user-friendly, and increasing their registration accuracy - even with large print runs. In addition, the print quality of fine coats and screens should be optimized through a homogeneous coating with a constant structure.

With regard to the printing frame, the use of stencil carriers without self-expansion is to be made possible and the changes in length caused by the jump mentioned - and thus changes in tension of the stencil - are to be eliminated. Minimal stencil tensioning should allow minimal squeegee pressures, which leads to a reduced wear of stencil and squeegee. Tensioning the screen printing stencil in only one direction enables a constant specific squeegee printing across the printing width.

According to the invention, the plastic threads are coated with a vapor-deposited sheath layer, which in turn is covered by a metal coating - which carries the emulsion - which is formed by electroplating. According to another feature of the invention, the plastic fabric can also be prepared for plating by so-called sputtering - by cathode sputtering - with the jacket layer. In both cases, a cladding layer of metallic material is formed, which preferably contains gold, silver, nickel, copper, steel and / or a light metal - in particular aluminum - alone or as an alloy.

In the above-mentioned vapor deposition or sputtering process, layer thicknesses of about 5 to over 200 nanometers - above all over 50 nm - are produced for the screen printing fabric according to the invention, which depending on the type of fabric and type of vapor deposition have surface resistances of less than 0.2 ohm / 2 up to a few hundred ohms / 2.

The electrical conductivity of the tissue is produced by the dry process step of vapor deposition, cathode sputtering - that is to say the sputtering mentioned - or by plasma spraying in a vacuum.

The mechanical properties of this conductive fabric are mainly determined by its metallization, for example by means of galvanic nickel plating. The elongation is markedly reduced with increased strength of the fabric, and its sliding resistance - regardless of the type of starting fabric - is increased extraordinarily. The metallizing substances primarily contribute to the strength at the binding points of the fabric made of plastic base materials and form a conductive surface. This makes it possible to replace expensive metallic fabrics with metallized plastic fabrics with similar properties.

A metallized plastic fabric is used as the basis for the screen printing plate, which is ready-made and provided with a coating, preferably with a metal coating made of nickel because of its general strength. The metallic surface of the screen printing plate reduces the wear of the stencil, making it possible to achieve very long print runs. The conductive surface of the screen printing plate prevents static Charges. Restrictions regarding substrates or inks due to structural problems can practically be excluded.

The metallized plastic fabric according to the invention ensures minimal stretching with a sufficient basic strength and has the effect that there are barely measurable register differences on the template, regardless of the tensioning set.

The mechanical full-surface coating of the limited, flexible, metallized fabric results in a high, reproducible stencil quality with excellent edge sharpness and exact color metering. Any protective film that is applied reduces incorrect manipulation, which could result in a loss of coating quality. Since the coating is carried out on the endless fabric roll, there is no need for masking work, as is common today.

It has proven to be advantageous to cut screen printing plates of predetermined format sizes from the metallized plastic fabric. Above all, these can be provided on two opposite edges with connecting elements for attachment to a printing frame - preferred connecting elements are profiled connecting strips between which the relatively rigid screen printing plate extends.

The above-mentioned cutting of the screen printing plates to fixed format sizes - which can optionally be additionally provided with a perforation - enable the end user to have a standardized workflow which begins with the precise exposure of the screen printing plate. After washing and drying the screen printing plate, it can be used for printing. Thanks to this novel screen printing plate, it is also possible to restore a single screen printing stencil that has failed during use in a very short time.

Within the scope of the invention is the printing frame mentioned at the outset, in which the screen printing plate - with the interposition of connecting strips arranged on two parallel plate edges - on the one hand on a frame side of the printing frame and on the other hand on a tensioning bar or the like which is displaceable therein parallel to that frame side Movement element is fixed. The clamping bar is transverse to the direction of movement of a squeegee pushing through the printing inks. Thanks to this type of fastening in two areas that cross the doctor blade direction - and unfastened longitudinal edges - a sag in the form of a chain line between the longitudinal edges that distorts the printing result is avoided.

Due to the special design of two edge zones of the screen printing plate, it can be inserted and stretched very easily on the printing unit in a printing frame. For this purpose, special connection or attachment profiles should be attached to the plate ends. However, making holes for hanging the plate ends also falls within the scope of the invention.

In order to make handling easier, especially with large stencil formats, it is also possible to use strips in the attachment area or a closed thin-walled frame made of sheet metal or similar material in the size of the screen printing plate.

The metallization of the fabric according to the invention results in sufficient angular strength, with the result that the screen printing plate only has to be tensioned in one direction and yet there are no register differences transverse to the tensioning direction. In addition, this one-sided clamping allows the printed image to the side up to the edge of the screen pressure plate can be placed; there is only room for the attachment of a color border, which can be glued, welded, sewn or attached in any other way.

It has proven to be advantageous to connect the tensioning beam, which clamps the screen printing plate, by means of energy stores within the printing frame to one of its side of the frame or to a frame profile.

In order to adjust the clamping position of the clamping bar or the clamping and pressure position of the screen printing plate, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic or other means can be used according to the invention.

To facilitate the printing process, the screen printing plate should be clamped at a distance from a surface to be printed.

Various forms of the so-called connecting or connecting strips are of inventive importance. For example, a cross-section of an S-shaped angled connecting strip is offered, the cantilever leg of which is in the tensioned position on the one hand a lower edge of the frame side - or the tensioning beam - and on the other hand a shoulder in the undercut interior of the hollow frame side - or the hollow tensioning beam. In another approximately S-shaped angled connecting strip, its cantilever leg rests in the tensioning direction of a support surface of a tensioning shaft in the interior of the hollow frame side or the hollow tensioning beam.

The shape of a further connecting strip is a hook strip inclined against the plane of the screen printing plate, which is designed to be insertable into an oblique groove on the frame side or the tensioning beam. Another connecting strip is provided with a cantilever leg bent out of the plane of the screen printing plate at an angle, which in the same way inclined oblique slot of the frame side or the clamping beam is designed to be insertable.

According to a further feature of the invention, in a further embodiment, the screen printing plate has a keder bead on each of two parallel edges, which bead can be inserted into a bearing profile as a connecting element. Thanks to these requirements, the screen printing plate consists of a metallized plastic fabric, which is machine-coated with a light-sensitive substrate and possibly protected with a film on the coating side. This eliminates all the preparatory work customary today in the production of screen printing stencils; the screen printing plate can be exposed and developed directly.

Furthermore, the metallic surface of the stencil carrier ensures extensive chemical resistance and high mechanical abrasion resistance.

The mechanical coating guarantees a consistently high print quality with brilliant edge sharpness and exact dosing of the medium to be printed.

The use of this screen printing plate considerably shortens the stencil manufacturing process and eliminates possible sources of error in the preparation for printing.

Another advantage is that the degree of utilization of the screen printing plate - that is, the ratio of the printable area to the total area - is far above that of a conventional fabric, possibly doubled.

Due to the high inherent stability of the screen printing plate and its angular rigidity, only one-sided clamping of the printing plate is possible during the printing process. Despite the exclusive tensioning in the doctor direction, there are no significant register differences across the tension direction. ascertainable. With this tensioning in the doctor blade direction, one plate mounting position is fixed (start of printing) and the other (end of printing) is designed to be movable. If the screen printing plate is clamped, the preload force of the spring or the pneumatics or hydraulics acts. If the screen printing plate is pressed downwards due to the squeegee jumping off, this change in length is compensated for thanks to the movable fastening of the screen printing plate. The tension on it remains constant and independent of the selected jump, and it is not exposed to any threshold loads due to overcoming the jump. Since the screen printing plate is only tensioned on one side, there are no additional loads due to transverse stresses.

The squeegee pressure remains minimal since no deformation of the print carrier can be overcome. The doctor blade load over the printing width is constant because the known additional forces at the doctor blade ends are eliminated due to the lack of transverse tension.

For example, there are the following advantages

* The printing frame allows - thanks to a one-sided movable stencil holder - the use of screen printing stencils with extremely low internal expansion;

* The clamping loads on the screen printing stencil carrier can be kept low by means of a printing frame, which can be used for minimal squeegee pressure settings, wear on the printing plate and squeegee are minimized as a result;

* the printing frame allows precise printing with screen printing plates; there are no more

Changes in the length of the template due to the jump over as well as change in length of the template due to unequal doctor blade friction forces; the lack of alternating loads on the stencil holder thanks to the constant tension in the printing frame increases the service life of the screen printing plate.

Further advantages, features and details of the invention result from the following description of preferred exemplary embodiments and from the drawing; this shows in:

1: a cross section through a fabric,

2: an oblique view of an enlarged part of the tissue;

3 shows an enlarged detail from FIG. 2 with an oblique view of a binding of two crossing threads;

4: a sectional oblique view of a screen printing frame with screen printing stencil and squeegee;

5 to

7: longitudinal sections through different configurations of screen printing frames with screen printing stencil;

8 to

12: cross-sections through a section of a screen printing frame, enlarged in comparison with FIGS. 5 to 7;

13, 14: cross sections enlarged compared to FIGS. 5 to 12;

Fig. 15, 16: sketches for assembly aids. A fabric 10 for the production of screen printing stencils is produced from intersecting warp threads 12 and weft threads 14, according to FIG. 1 in a so-called plain weave, in which a repeat unit - a repetition unit defined by a certain number of binding points 16 - each two warp threads 12 and two weft threads 14 belong. These threads 12, 14 can consist of any plastic base materials, such as polyamide (PA), polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or the like. More.

As a roll, the plastic fabric 10 is continuously subjected to a vapor deposition process, the maximum web length being determined by the highest possible winding diameter in the coating system.

Gold, silver, copper, nickel, steel, aluminum or the like, noble, non-ferrous, heavy or light metals - each alone or in combination - are used as vapor deposition materials, in coordination with a subsequent electroplating.

The evaporation or sputtering process - possibly also a plasma application in vacuum - is carried out on both sides and may be repeated several times for special requirements. This creates around the thread 12, 14 as the respective plastic core - which is shown in FIG. 2, 3 for better clarity in contrast to the warp and weft thread 12, 14 with 12 _a and 14 _a - a diameter a of, for example, 15 3, a cladding layer 18 illustrated in FIG. 3 with a layer thickness b of approximately 50 to more than 200 μm, which, depending on the type of fabric and type of vapor deposition, can have surface resistances of less than 0.5 ohm / 2 to more than 100 ohm / 2.

This dry coating process can also lead to material accumulations in the region of each bond 16, one of which is indicated at 20 in FIG. 2 between the crossing threads 12, 14. Direct galvanic metal deposition can now be carried out on the plastic fabric prepared by vapor deposition in the manner described. Any metals can be used, such as Cu, Ni or. Like ..

The evaporation material and the evaporation thickness have to be matched to the subsequent electroplating process in order to avoid that the cladding layer 18 is degraded by the electroplating bath, which would reduce or completely eliminate the conductivity of the evaporation during longer exposure times. Combinations for galvanic metallization are

* a copper vapor deposition with a surface resistance of about 0.5 to 1 ohm / 2 for a subsequent galvanic nickel plating or

* Steel vapor deposition with a surface resistance of approximately 0.4 ohm / 2 to 10 kohm / 2 for subsequent galvanic nickel plating.

The galvanic metallization can be carried out as a continuous process with practically any roll length and leads to a closed metal coating 22 of selectable layer thickness e - of preferably 2 μm to 20 μm and more - over the entire fabric 10 _a ; this metal coating 22 ensures high mechanical stability, above all sliding resistance, and also chemical resistance of the metallized fabric 10 _a ; its strength is significantly increased with a significant reduction in the elasticity.

FIG. 4 shows in a printing frame 24 a plate-like screen printing stencil or screen printing form 26 made of the metallized fabric 10 _a produced in the manner described above and connecting profiles or strips 28 fixed on two opposite edges. It cannot be seen that the fabric 10 _{a is provided} with a light-sensitive emulsion layer, which contains a phototechnically produced printing pattern to be printed on a printing material 30 attached underneath. The printing material 30 is placed on a printing table at a jump dimension or distance h below the - not shown in FIG. 4 - clamping plane of the screen printing stencil 26; during the printing process, a squeegee 32 guided parallel to those connecting strips 28 over the fabric 10 _a pushes the fabric 10 _a linearly onto the printing material 30. The doctor 32 - also called scraper - here is a rectangular profile with a printing edge 33, the length of which is approximately that of Connection strips 28 corresponds and presses the printing ink on its path of movement through the open screen openings of the fabric 10 _{a in} the printing pattern.

The rectangular printing frame 24 consists of four frame profiles or frame sides 34, which are designed here as hollow profile sections and one of which - referred to as 34 _a - offers an undercut interior 36 for hanging in the one connecting strip 28; the latter is cross-sectionally approximately S-shaped with both sides of a main strip 28 _a designed to whose longitudinal edges opposite abkra- constricting Kragschenkel 29, one of which is fixed in the inner space 28 and which _a arranged on the other to a lower edge 38 conforms of the hollow profile on the tissue 10th

The similarly designed - cross-sectionally counter-rotating - other connecting bar 28 is mounted in the manner described in the undercut interior 36 of a - that hollow section 34 _a cross-sectionally the same - tensioning bar 40, which with the adjacent parallel hollow section 34 of the pressure frame 24 by coil springs as Energy storage 42 is connected and can therefore be moved against the clamping direction x when pressure on the tissue 10 _a limited.

5 is in the frame profile 34 _b shown there of the printing frame 24 - - And also in the same designed clamping beam 40 _b - hooked by a hook strip 44 inclined against the fabric surface. 11 shows this in more detail.

6 shows a screen printing stencil 26 with the parallel connecting strips 28 described in relation to FIG. 4, which are mounted here on the frame profile 34 _c on an insert shoulder 46 of an additional strip 47 and on the clamping beam 40 _c on a segment shoulder 48 of a clamping shaft 50. These bearings are illustrated in the enlarged representations of FIGS. 8.9.

In FIG. 7, a tension spring 52 presses on a bearing profile 54, which loads a cantilevered nose 56 of the frame profile 34 _d or the tension bar 40 _d ; A keder bead 58 of the screen printing stencil 26 rests in the keder groove 54 in the rod-like bearing profile 54.

The frame profile 34 _e of FIG. 10 accommodates, in an oblique slot 60, a leg 29 _{a which is} inclined upward at an angle w of <40 ° _{, of} a connecting strip 28 _{e which is} approximately angular in cross section. This leg 29 _a is held by a spring-loaded clamping piece 62 of the frame profile 34 _e .

11 illustrates the mounting of the hook strip 44 mentioned above, which engages behind a groove wall 64 of an oblique groove 66 of the frame profile 34 _{b which is} inclined at an angle t of approximately 120 ° against the surface of the screen printing stencil 26.

If a screen printing stencil 26 with a flat connecting bar 28 _{pounds is} used, then according to FIG. 11 vertical register or tensioning pins 68 of the frame profile 34 _pounds corresponding holes in that connecting bar 28 _pounds . The latter is held by a screwed to the frame profile 34 _£ pressure strip 70 against the supporting surface 72 of the frame profile 34 _£. 13, 14 show a further fastening possibility for a screen printing plate 26 on a printing table 74. In the oblique groove 66 of a hollow profile 78 provided with two molded-on side strips 76, an air bellows 80 of approximately square cross section is accommodated, which has an outer surface on a plastic strip 82 presses. This in turn lies on a rubber strip 84 assigned to the edge of the screen printing plate 26; the latter is penetrated in FIG. 15 by coil springs 53, which sit at one end in the plastic strip 82 and at the other end in a web 79 which engages under the rubber strip 84. This is screwed onto the right of the side strips 76 in FIG. 13 and is equipped towards the table with an inclined surface 79 _a parallel to the printing table 74. Those helical springs 53 open a clamping jaw 86 thus created when the pressure in the air bellows 80 has dropped to 0 bar.

In clamp mouth 86 - d. H. Between the web 79 and the rubber strip 84 there is an edge region of the screen printing plate 26 which is fed to the printing table 74 by means of an elastic bead 88 which projects partially from the other side bar 76. This elastic edge 88 produces a smoothing effect here.

14, the coil springs 53 are missing; the plastic strip 82a is optionally cambered in order to compensate for the deflection of the frame or to relieve the plate edges.

15, 16 indicate assembly aids; 15, the clamping jaw 86 receives an angled and magnetic sheet metal 90, the register pins 68 _a and - under a shaft 92 - a magnetic tape 94 are assigned. Thanks to this device, the edge area of the template 26 can be better handled. 16 illustrates a suction cup 96 on a vacuum strip 98, which is seated on an elastic film 27, which is located on the edge of the screen printing plate 26, as a guide or lifting aid.

15, 16, protection is particularly sought after.

Claims

PATENT CLAIMS

1. screen printing form with screen printing fabric made of intersecting plastic threads and a coating of an emulsion,

characterized,

that the plastic threads (12, 14) are coated with a vapor-deposited or sputtered covering layer (18), which in turn is covered by a metal coating (22) which carries the emulsion and is formed by galvanization.

2. Screen printing form according to claim 1, characterized in that the jacket layer (18) consists of a metallic material.

3. Screen printing form according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the cladding layer (18) contains gold, silver, nickel or copper in the purest form possible.

4, screen printing form according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the cladding layer (18) contains gold, silver, nickel, copper, steel and / or a light metal, in particular aluminum, as alloy component (s).

5. Screen printing form according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized by a layer thickness (b) of the cladding layer (18) between 5 and over 200 nanometers, in particular between about 50 and 200 nanometers and / or by a surface resistance of the cladding layer (18) from about 0.2 ohm / 2 to over 200 ohm / 2.

6. Screen printing form according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the electroplated metal coating (22) of the cladding layer (18) has a layer thickness (e) of about 2 microns to over 20 microns.

7. Screen printing form according to claim 1 or 6, characterized in that the metal coating (22) contains nickel, preferably consists of nickel.

8. Screen printing form according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the emulsion forming a coating on the metal coating (22) is covered by a protective film.

9. Screen printing form according to at least one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that from the metallized plastic fabric (10 _a ) screen printing plates (26) predetermined format size are cut.

10. Screen printing form according to claim 9, characterized in that the screen printing plate (26) is provided on two opposite edges with connecting elements (28, 28 _e , 28 _pounds ) for fixing to a printing frame (24) and / or the connecting element for an edge of the screen printing - Plate (26) is a profiled connecting strip (28, 28 _e , 28 _pounds ).

11. Printing device for receiving a flexible screen printing form, in particular a screen printing form made of metallized plastic fabric, which is produced according to at least one of the preceding claims, in a printing frame, the screen printing form being fixable in two parallel areas which cross the direction of movement of a movable squeegee or the like can be tensioned, characterized in that the screen printing mold (26) with the interposition of connecting strips arranged on two parallel plate edges (28, 28 _a , 28 _pounds , 44) on the one hand on a frame side (34 _a up to 34 _t ) of the printing frame (24) and, on the other hand, to a clamping bar (40) or the like. Moving element which is displaceable therein parallel to that frame side.

12. Printing device according to claim 11, characterized in that the clamping beam (40) by means of energy stores (42) within the printing frame (24) is connected to one of the frame sides (34).

13. Printing device according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the distance of the clamping beam (40) from its frame side (34) is mechanically adjustable in the clamping position.

14. Printing device according to one of claims 11 to 13, characterized in that the distance of the clamping bar (40) from its frame side (34) is designed to be pneumatically or hydraulically adjustable in the clamping position.

15. Printing device according to one of claims 11 to 14, characterized in that the screen printing plate (26) is clamped at a distance (h) from a surface to be printed (30).

16. Printing device according to one of claims 11 to 15, characterized by a / e cross-sectionally approximately S-shaped angled connecting element or connecting bar (28) whose end cantilever legs (29) in the tensioned position on the one hand a lower edge (38) The frame side (34 _a , 34 _c ) or the tensioning beam (40) and, on the other hand, a shoulder rest in the undercut interior (36) of the hollow frame side or the hollow tensioning beam (FIGS. 4, 6).

17. Printing device according to one of claims 11 to 16, characterized by an approximately S-shaped angled connecting bar (28) whose end cantilever legs (29) in the tensioned position of a support surface (48) in the interior (36) of the hollow frame side (34 ) or the hollow clamping bar (40 _c ) extending clamping shaft (50) rest (Fig. 6, 9).

18. Printing device according to at least one of claims 11 to 15, characterized in that the connecting bar (44) is a hook bar inclined against the plane of the screen printing plate (26), which in an oblique groove (66) of the frame side (34 _b ) or the clamping beam (40 _b ) is designed to be insertable (FIGS. 5, 11).

19. Printing device according to at least one of claims 11 to 15, characterized in that the connecting strip (28 _e ) has a cantilever leg (29 _a ) bent out of the plane of the screen printing plate (26) at an angle (w), which in one equally inclined slanted slot (60) of the frame side (34 _e ) or the clamping beam (40) is designed to be insertable (FIG. 10).

20. Printing device according to at least one of claims 11 to 15, characterized in that the screen printing plate

(26) has a keder bead (58) on two parallel edges, which is inserted into a bearing profile (54) as a connecting element (FIG. 7).

21. Printing device according to one of claims 16 to 20, characterized in that the connecting element (28, 28 _e , 44, 54) is held in the tensioned position by an energy accumulator (52), the energy accumulator (52) possibly being part of a clamping piece (62 ) the frame side (34 _d , 34 _e ) or the clamping beam (40).

22. Printing device according to at least one of claims 11 to 15, characterized in that the connecting strip (28 _£ ) of register or tension pins (68) of the frame side (34 _£ ) on the tensioning beam (40) passes through and on the surface thereof is held by a pressure bar (70).

23. Printing device according to one of claims 11 to 22, characterized in that in an open hollow profile (78) with inclined groove (66) in this a cross-section-variable profile (80), in particular an air bellows, is provided and at least one bar towards the groove opening ( 82) is assigned, which adjoins an elastic strip (84).

24. Printing device according to claim 23, characterized in that the elastic strip (84) of the screen printing plate (26) is assigned.

25. Printing device according to claim 23 or 24, characterized in that the bar (82) with the formation of a clamping jaw (86) is opposite a web (79) which is connected to the hollow profile (78).

26. Druckvσrrichtung according to one of claims 23 to 25, characterized in that force memory (53) enforce the clamping jaw (86).

27. Printing device according to one of claims 23 to 26, characterized in that an elastic bead (88) or the like. Elastic edge projects from the hollow profile (78) as a stop for the screen printing plate (26).

28. Printing device according to one of claims 23 to 27, characterized in that the web (79) and / or the elastic bead (88) on a side bar (76) of the hollow profile (78) are / is.

29. Printing device according to one of claims 23, 25 to 28, characterized in that the elastic strip (84) is fixedly assigned to the bar (82) and in a fixed state of the screen printing plate (26) cooperates with an edge region of the screen printing plate (26) in a clamping manner .

30. Printing device according to claim 29, characterized in that the edge region of the screen printing plate, even with respect to a printing region thereof, has no reinforcements or the like. Connection means.