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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1994
Filed:
May. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kouichi Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kusunoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ; B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101363 ;
Abstract
An ink fountain apparatus in an ink supply system for use with a printing press. The apparatus comprises an ink reservoir provided with an ink fountain, an ink steering/collecting section formed in a zone of the ink reservoir and in which a screw adapted to stir, transfer and collect ink is rotatively mounted therein, an ink delivery section for delivering ink into the ink reservoir, and a pump installed between the ink steering/collecting section and the ink delivery section. A suction port of the pump is directly connected to an ink collecting zone of the ink steering/collecting section where ink is collected through the action of the screw.