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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2010
Applicants:

Thaddeus A. Niemiro, Lisle, IL (US);

Daniel F. Machaj, Romeoville, IL (US);

Thomas W. Orzechowski, Carol Stream, IL (US);

Joseph Vucko, Lemo, IL (US);

Albert L. Van Wieren, Dyer, IN (US);

Inventors:

Thaddeus A. Niemiro, Lisle, IL (US);

Daniel F. Machaj, Romeoville, IL (US);

Thomas W. Orzechowski, Carol Stream, IL (US);

Joseph Vucko, Lemo, IL (US);

Albert L. Van Wieren, Dyer, IN (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 31/08 (2006.01); B41F 31/02 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 31/027 (2013.01); B41F 31/08 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is an ink rail assembly having a key sharing provision. The ink rail assembly includes a page pack having an ink inlet for receiving ink from an ink source and an ink outlet; and an ink rail fluidly coupled to the page pack ink outlet. The ink rail includes at least two ink keys for delivering ink to a drum of a printing press, and a diverter assembly in fluid communication with the at least two ink keys and to the page pack to control the flow of ink from the page pack and selective divert the flow of ink between the at least two ink keys.


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