Inking bar for flush inking unit

An inking bar assembly for a flush inking unit of a rotary printing press, said inking bar assembly being positionable adjacent to, and cooperable with a rotatable ink fountain roller, said assembly comprising;

• a rotatable screened ink fountain roller;
• an inking bar positionable adjacent a peripheral surface of said ink fountain roller and extending along said peripheral surface of said ink fountain roller generally parallel to an axis of rotation of said ink fountain roller;
• an ink distributing chamber in said inking bar, said ink distributing chamber having a length generally the same as said inking bar and being formed between spaced doctor blades which are secured to said inking bar and which contact said peripheral surface of said ink fountain roller;
• a profiled body having a generally non-circular cross-sectional shape and being positioned within said ink distributing chamber to facilitate unrestricted flow of ink around said profile body to said ink fountain roller, said profiled body having an elongated axis which is generally parallel to said axis of rotation of said ink fountain roller;
• axially extending support journals at first and second ends of said profiled body;
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• means engaging each of said axially extending support journals to support said profiled body in said ink distributing chamber for pivotal movement about said elongated axis of said profiled body to vary an amount of angulation between a peripheral surface of said profiled body and said periphery of said ink fountain roller.