摘要 |
An ink transfer system for a rotary printing press wherein a helically grooved transfer roll is provided for effectively transferring toward a plate cylinder an ink volume consistent or equal to the usage requirements at any given point or area on the roll surface as determined by the printed image. The transfer roll has the ability to simultaneously transfer ink reversely back onto the fountain roll by reason of its helical grooves being in light contact with a relatively slowly rotating fountain roll. An offset groove and ball arrangement is provided for one of the distribution rolls in the printing press chain of rollers so as to smoothly oscillate the roll for a more even distribution of the ink transversely of each roll in the ink train. The inner face of each fountain roll mount is slightly relieved so as to direct ink away from the outermost ends of the fountain roll thereby substantially preventing fountain leakage.
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