Ink delivery system and method
AssigneeGoss International Americas, Inc.
InventorsGlen Roger Caron, Brian Joseph Gentle
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Abstract
An ink delivery system is provided. The ink delivery system includes at least one ink cartridge dispenser including an ink cartridge holder for holding an ink cartridge storing printing ink, at least one ink level sensor, a rotatable ink fountain roller and an ink fountain blade, forming a dispensed ink area receiving printing ink from the ink cartridge. The ink delivery system also includes a support supporting the at least one ink cartridge dispenser movably across a longitudinal axis of the ink fountain roller. The ink cartridge dispenser is movable along the support and fixable to the support manually. A method for supplying printing ink is also provided.
Claims9
1-9. (canceled)
10:
- A method for supplying printing ink to a printing unit of a printing press, comprising:
- arranging at least one ink cartridge dispenser carrying an ink cartridge on a support;
- moving the at least one ink cartridge dispenser on the linear support by hand across a longitudinal axis of the ink fountain roller;
- dispensing printing ink through an open end of the ink cartridge to the dispensed ink area;
- rotating the ink fountain roller;
- and
- transporting the printing ink to a printing unit in a printing press.
11:
- The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one ink cartridge dispenser is stationary during a print job.
12:
- The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of moving an ink agitator blade in the dispensed ink area across the longitudinal axis of the ink fountain roller.
13:
- The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of moving the ink agitator blade independently from the position of the at least one ink cartridge dispenser.
14:
- The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of sensing an ink level in the dispensed ink area with an ink level sensor.
15:
- The method of claim 14, wherein the step of dispensing printing ink is controlled by a signal derived from the ink level.
16:
- The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one ink level sensor is stationary during a print job.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.