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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2010
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);
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);
Goss International Corporation, Durham, NH (US);
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.