Patent ID: 6792855
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: B41F,B41P

Abstract:
A flexographic machine comprising at least one inking unit that has lateral supporting means for a doctor body that forms at least partially an inking chamber and supports at least one first doctor blade and at least one second doctor blade, said at least one inking unit comprising means for the advancement/retraction of said doctor body that are adapted to move it from a retracted position to a forward position, in which said at least one first doctor blade and said at least one second doctor blade engage an anilox roller in order to ink said anilox roller, said at least one inking unit further comprising means for feeding the ink to said inking chamber and means that contrast the inflection of said doctor body that occurs when said inking unit is in the active condition, wherein said means that contrast the inflection of said doctor body comprise means that are adapted to apply a contrasting flexural action to said doctor body, at least when said inking unit is in the active condition, said contrasting flexural action being substantially equal and opposite to the flexural action affecting said doctor body when said inking unit is in the active condition.