Coaxially mounted stencil drum and rubber mat roller segments
AssigneeWeber Marking Systems, Inc.
InventorJean R. Cole
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Abstract
A cylindrical printing roller combining a rubber mat printer and a stencil printer. The rubber mat portion is inked externally while the stencil portion receives its ink from internally of the roller. The two printing forms on the roller print simultaneously.
Claims5
A cylindrical printing roller and ink supply therefore comprising in combination, a shaft, a first cylindrical portion, means mounting said first cylindrical portion in an axial concentric position on said shaft, said first cylindrical portion having a rubber mat printing element mounted on the outer surface thereof, a second cylindrical portion, means mounting said second cylindrical portion in an axial concentric position on said shaft, said second cylindrical portion having a section of its outer surface perforated and having a stencil printing element mounted on the outer surface thereof over the perforated section, said first and second cylindrical portions located in abutting side-by-side relationship on said shaft and together constituting the cylindrical printing roller, roller means for applying ink to said rubber mat printing element, said roller means engaging and having rolling contact with said rubber mat printing element on the outside thereof, and said second cylindrical portion having an ink supply chamber therein for passing ink outwardly through the perforated section and thence through said stencil printing element whereby the cylindrical printing roller may simultaneously print from the rubber mat and the stencil.
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