Patent ID: 6354202
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
A dampening unit of a planographic printing machine, comprising:a first roller rotatably mounted about a first roller axis; a second roller rotatably mounted about a second roller axis; a third roller rotatably mounted about a third roller axis; said second roller and said third roller being ink-friendly, emulsion-carrying rollers; a roller drive driving said third roller with a rolling slip relative to said second roller; a common roller carrier having a pivot axis and commonly supporting said first roller and said third roller such that said first roller and said third roller are pivotably disposed about said pivot axis, said pivot axis being offset from said first roller axis, said second roller axis, and said third roller axis; a spring coupled to said common roller carrier; and said third roller disposed to be held, by said spring generating a regulating force and with said common roller carrier, in bearing contact against said second roller at a circumferential contact point.