Pad-printing ink cup

A pad-printing ink cup, comprising:

• a cup wall having a lower end portion that defines an open end of said ink cup;
• a doctor edge projecting downwardly from the lower end portion of said cup wall and circumscribing said open end for wiping ink off a printing plate;
• a magnet holder being supported by said cup wall;
• at least one magnet adapted to magnetically attract the ink cup against the printing plate, said at least one magnet being held by said magnet holder so as to be completely received within an interior of said ink cup as defined by said cup wall;
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• at least one overflow duct communicating a lower side and an upper side of said at least one magnet for allowing ink to flow, along an inner side of said doctor edge and through said overflow duct, from the lower side to the upper side of said at least one magnet when said ink is pressurized by a dynamic pressure during a doctor operation of said doctor edge.

A pad-printing ink cup, comprising:

• a lid;
• a cup wall having an upper end portion and a lower end portion, said lid being removably attached to the upper end portion of said cup wall to define a closed end of said ink cup, the lower end portion of said cup wall defining an open end of said ink cup;
• a doctor edge projecting downwardly from the lower end portion of said cup wall and circumscribing said open end for wiping ink off a printing plate;
• a magnet holder completely received within an interior of said ink cup as defined by said cup wall, said magnet holder being sized and shaped so as to be insertable through an opening defined by the upper end portion of said cup wall when said lid is removed;
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• at least one magnet held by said magnet holder and adapted to magnetically attract the ink cup against the printing plate;
• said magnet holder being adjustably supported by said cup wall so that said at least one magnet assumes different elevational positions relative to a plane containing said doctor edge.