Inking method and apparatus

US6561099B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• KOENIG & BAUER AG · DE

Inventors

• Anrdt Jentzsch · Coswig, DE
• Uwe Becker · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 4, 2000
• Grant date: May 13, 2003
• Expiry date: Feb 4, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41F31/04
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for inking of pasty printing inks in an inking apparatus having an ink tray, an ink tray roller, a variable ink gap at the bottom of the ink tray, and an ink dosing element disposed along the ink tray roller, which comprises separating the amount of printing ink into a minimal amount of printing ink and a consumed amount of printing ink, disposing the minimal amount within the ink tray, and applying the consumed amount of printing ink to the ink tray roller through the ink dosing element.