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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1994
Yuji Kohara, Kodaira, JP;
Tadashi Hachiya, Yokohama, JP;
Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink fountain apparatus comprises a storage part for forming an ink storage space in cooperation with an external periphery of a fountain roller, the storage part including a bottom portion having a front edge which is opposed to the external periphery of the fountain roller with a gap defined by the front edge and the external periphery, the gap serving as an inc supplying port, an ink supply adjusting member arranged movably forward and rearward in contact/separation directions with respect to the fountain roller to adjust the degree of opening of the ink supplying port by means of the front edge of the ink supply adjusting member, a screw feeding mechanism for driving the ink supply adjusting member to move it forward and rearward, and stopper means for restricting the rotation of a rotation driving member of the screw feeding mechanism. The stopper means includes stopper parts which are respectively provided on the rotation driving member and a fixed part attached to the storage part, and which have side portions engageable with each other in a direction of rotation.