Global Patent Index - EP 0331781 B1

EP 0331781 B1 19930818 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING INK FOR A PRINTING PRESS

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING INK FOR A PRINTING PRESS

Publication

EP 0331781 B1 19930818 (EN)

Application

EP 88103731 A 19880309

Priority

JP 21489786 A 19860910

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0331781A1] An ink supplying method for printing press having an ink fountain (23, 54) and a fountain roller (12), by arranging ink supplying adjusting members (23) side by side without any clearance therebetween longitudinally of the fountain roller(12) to form of the bottom of the fountain and provide an ink passage between the fountain roller and each of the adjusting members, and controlling each of the adjusting members individually to open and close the ink passage and thereby adjust the amount of ink to be supplied by the surface of the fountain roller individually by each adjusting member. The apparatus for practing this method comprises a plurality of passage opening means each adapted to open and close the ink passage individually, means for setting an amount of ink for each adjusting member, and means for controlling the passage opening means each individually in accordance with the amount set by the setting means.

IPC 1-7

B41F 31/04

IPC 8 full level

B41F 31/02 (2006.01); B41F 31/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B41F 31/045 (2013.01); B41P 2231/12 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE FR GB IT LI SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0331781 A1 19890913; EP 0331781 B1 19930818; DE 3883370 D1 19930923; DE 3883370 T2 19940317; JP H0780300 B2 19950830; JP S6369651 A 19880329

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 88103731 A 19880309; DE 3883370 T 19880309; JP 21489786 A 19860910