Patent · US Expired

Printing ink fountain having a disposable liner

US5042381A · kind A · utility

11Cited by
4References
15Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 13, 1990
Grant dateAug 27, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 13, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41F31/06
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing ink fountain having a disposable liner made of paperboard or the like for use with flexographic printing presses. The liner, which is supported in a liner retainer, is generally upwardly open to receive therein a metering roller of the printing press. The liner includes a flexible drain hose attached to the bottom thereof for draining ink from the liner.

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