Method for supplying ink to a printing press

US5743189A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

• Christian Compera · Sonneberg, DE
• Martin Greive · Heidelberg, DE
• Bernd Herrmann · Ehningen, DE
• Anton Rodi · Leimen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 15, 1996
• Grant date: Apr 28, 1998
• Expiry date: Jul 15, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41M1/00
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Method for supplying a printing unit of a printing press with ink which is solid at normal temperature includes supplying the printing unit with ink in the form of solid bodies, and melting the solid ink bodies in the printing unit and applying the ink in a molten state to a cylinder of the printing unit.