GB937390A - Ink roller socket - Google Patents

Abstract

937,390. Inking apparatus. MIEHLE. GOSS-DEXTER Inc. Jan. 24, 1962 [Jan. 31, 1961], No. 2749/62. Class 100 (2). [Also in Group XXXIV] An inking roller 11 is supported in a printing press by its axle 15 in bearings 16 by means comprising a base 33, a pin 31 rotatably mounted in said base and extending parallel to the axis of said roller, a bearing support 21, 22 for the roller mounted eccentrically on said pin, spring means, Fig. 3 (not shown), for biasing the support in one direction of rotation about the pin, gear means 56 for rotating and holding the pin in different positions of rotation so as to shift the axis of rotation of the support 21, 22, and cam means 70 on the base 33 for shifting the support against the spring bias. The spring means hold the roller 11 which forms part of an inking train in contact with an inking cylinder 13 and a plate cylinder 14 and the roller 11 may alternatively be locked in position by a nut 47. Shifting the pin 31 by rotating the gear 56 with a worm, Fig. 5 (not shown), varies the position of the shaft 15 and the roller 11 with respect to the surfaces of the cylinders 13 and 14. The cam 70 cooperates with an arm 74 formed integrally with the section 21 of the support so that on turning the cam 70 counter clockwise the support 21, 22 is rotated counter-clockwise about the pin 31 and the axis of the axle 15 is moved along the line 18 and the roller 11 is separated from the cylinders 13, 14. At less than one quarter turn the cam 70 and the arm 74 lock the support in a position against the bias of the spring means. The support comprises two arcuate pieces 21, 22 which are hinged together at 23 and screwed together at 24. The force exerted on the support by the spring means may be adjusted by means of a threaded plug, Fig. 3 (not shown). U.S.A. Specification 2,915,009 is referred to.