Apparatus for applying printed matter to webs of wrapping material for smokers' products

Apparatus for applying printed matter to a running web of paper, comprising:

• a source of printing ink;
• a mobile web-contacting imprinting member;
• a roller train arranged to convey printing ink from said source to said imprinting member and including a plurality of rollers, at least one of said rollers having a resilient peripheral portion contacting at least one other roller of said roller train, wherein said roller train includes said at least one roller, said at least one other roller and a third roller, said resilient peripheral portion contacting said at least one other roller and said third roller;
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• means for biasing said resilient peripheral portion against said at least one other roller, wherein said biasing means including means for urging said resilient peripheral portion against said at least one other roller with a variable force.

Apparatus for applying printed matter to a running web of paper, comprising:

• a source of printing ink;
• a mobile web-contacting imprinting member;
• a roller train arranged to convey printing ink from said source to said imprinting member and including a plurality of rollers, at least one of said rollers having a resilient peripheral portion contacting at least one other roller of said roller train, said at least one other roller being rotatable about a predetermined axis and oscillatable in the direction of said axis;
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• means for biasing said resilient peripheral portion against said at least one other roller, said biasing means including means for urging said resilient peripheral portion against said at least one other roller with a variable force.

Apparatus for applying printed matter to a running web of paper, comprising:

• a source of printing ink;
• a mobile web-contacting imprinting member;
• a roller train arranged to convey printing ink from said source to said imprinting member and including a plurality of rollers, at least one of said rollers having a resilient peripheral portion contacting at least one other roller of said roller train, wherein said roller train includes four rollers rotatable about at least substantially parallel axes and including a driven first roller, a second roller driven by said first roller, a third roller driven by said second roller, and a fourth roller driven by said third roller, said at least one roller constituting one of said second and fourth rollers and said at least one other roller constituting one of said first and third rollers;
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• means for biasing said resilient peripheral portion against said at least one other roller.

Apparatus for applying printed matter to a running web of paper, comprising:

• a source of printing ink;
• a mobile web-contacting imprinting member;
• a roller train arranged to convey printing ink from said source to said imprinting member and including a plurality of rollers, at least one of said rollers having a resilient peripheral portion contacting at least one other roller of said roller train, wherein said resilient peripheral portion of said at least one roller is arranged to contact said imprinting member;
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• means for biasing said resilient peripheral portion against said at least one other roller.

Apparatus for applying printed matter to a running web of paper, comprising:

• a source of printing ink;
• a mobile web-contacting imprinting member;
• a roller train being installed at a wrapping mechanism in a cigarette making machine and arranged to convey printing ink from said source to said imprinting member and including a plurality of rollers, at least one of said rollers having a resilient peripheral portion contacting at least one other roller of said roller train;
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• means for biasing said resilient peripheral portion against said at least one other roller.

Apparatus for applying printed matter to a running web of a strip of cigarette paper, comprising:

• a source of printing ink;
• a mobile web-contacting imprinting member;
• a roller train arranged to convey printing ink from said source to said imprinting member and including a plurality of rollers, at least one of said rollers having a resilient peripheral portion contacting at least one other roller of said roller train;
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• means for biasing said resilient peripheral portion against said at least one other roller.