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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:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen Franklin, Durham, NH (US);
Wolfgang Schönberger, Schriesheim, DE;
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 3/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 3/102 ;
Abstract
An inking unit in a printing machine, having an ink reservoir, a dampening-solution reservoir, and conveying paths for conveying ink and dampening solution from the ink reservoir and the dampening-solution reservoir, respectively, to a web to be printed, and for conveying ink, that has emulsified with the dampening solution and that has not been picked up by the web, back to the ink reservoir, includes an ultrasonic transmitter installed so as excite an exposed dampening solution-carrying surface section of the inking unit.