Patent ID: 9302464
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: B41F,H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A flexographic printing system comprising: a first print module for printing on a first side of a substrate, the first print module including: a first plate cylinder on which is mounted a first flexographic printing plate having raised features defining a first image to be printed on the first side of the substrate, the first plate cylinder rotating in a first direction of rotation; a first impression cylinder that is configured to force the first side of the substrate into contact with the first flexographic printing plate, the first impression cylinder rotating in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation; a first ink pan containing a first ink, the first ink pan including: a first anilox roller having a patterned surface for transferring a controlled amount of the first ink from the first ink pan to the first flexographic printing plate, the first anilox roller rotating in the second direction of rotation; a first fountain roller that is at least partially immersed in the first ink in the first ink pan for transferring the first ink to the first anilox roller, the first fountain roller being mounted to the first ink pan and rotating in the first direction of rotation; and a first doctor blade for removing excess amounts of the first ink from the patterned surface of the first anilox roller before the first ink is transferred to the first flexographic printing plate, wherein the first doctor blade is mounted to the first ink pan and wherein a contact point between the first doctor blade and the anilox roller is located on a side of the anilox roller that is nearest to the impression cylinder; wherein the first ink pan is pivotable about a pivot axis in order to move the first fountain roller into and out of contact with the first anilox roller, and wherein the first doctor blade is pivotably attached to the first ink pan using a pivotable blade holder that is affixed by one or more attachment features to the first ink roan such that the pivotable blade holder pivots coaxially with the pivot axis of the first ink pan.