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US 5,103,723 AGranted
Inking unit for gravure printing press
AssigneeAlbert-Frankenthal AG
InventorPeter Maier
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Abstract
An inking unit for a gravure printing press has an ink trough which is movable vertically with respect to a forme cylinder which contacts ink in the trough. An inking roller is supported by levers in the ink trough and is shiftable with respect to the trough to control the impression pressure between the inking roller and the forme cylinder which it contacts.
Claims8
An inking unit for a gravure printing press having a forme cylinder, said inking unit comprising:
- an ink trough having a bottom plate and side walls;
- means for raising and lowering said ink trough with respect to the formed cylinder;
- an inking roller supported in said ink trough and being engageable with the forme cylinder;
- a single arm lever and a double arm lever, each of said levers having a first end, said inking roller being rotatably supported between said first ends of said single and double arm levers;
- a fluid pressure actuated cylinder attached to said ink trough and being in operative contact with a second end of said double arm lever;
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- means rotatably supporting a second end of said single arm lever and an intermediate portion of said double arm lever with respect to said ink trough.
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