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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2014
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
James Douglas Shifley, Spencerport, NY (US);
Peter Steven Alexandrovich, Rochester, NY (US);
James Albert Reczek, Rochester, NY (US);
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A flexographic printing system uses a flexographic printing plate to produce printed patterns on a substrate. An ink recirculation system is used to reduce variability in system performance resulting from ink viscosity changes. A recirculation pump moves ink through an ink recirculation line connected to an ink reservoir. A metering pump adds a controlled flow rate of solvent from a solvent replenishment chamber into the ink recirculation line, thereby providing replenished ink. The replenished ink is returned to the ink reservoir through a distribution tube that includes a plurality of supply ports at a plurality of spaced apart locations across a width of the ink reservoir. A control system is used to control the flow rate of solvent provided by the metering pump.