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Inking device adjustment method

US7984673B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 15, 2006
Grant dateJul 26, 2011
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Expiry dateMar 26, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41F33/14
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An inking device of a printing unit includes an ink reservoir, an ink film pick-up roller which has a shaft, and an inking roller having a shaft.A detector detects the distance between the inking roller and the pick-up roller and/or an angular displacement of the two shafts relative to each other and providing an output signal which represents this distance and/or this angular displacement. A controller angularly the second shaft relative to the first shaft, and the controller is capable of reducing the angular displacement and of positioning the pick-up roller in accordance with the output signal.

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