Patent ID: 7194955
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
1. An ink fountain assembly for a printing press, comprising: a frame; a fountain basin for containing ink connected to the frame; a roller disposed at least partially in the fountain basin; a blade disposed in the fountain basin extending parallel to the roller and an operator-accessible portion of the frame and having a front surface facing the roller; a plurality of adjustment screws distributed at positions along the blade, roller and operator-accessible portion of the frame, each screw having a distal end contacting a rear surface of the blade, a threaded shaft extending through the operator-accessible portion of the frame, and a proximal end having an elongated pointer-like knob; and a user-removable template attachable to and removable from the frame without fasteners, the template disposed between the pointer-like knob and the operator-accessible portion of the frame and having scale indicia to which the knobs are pointable, wherein the user-removable template has a plurality of slots corresponding in number and position to the plurality of adjustment screws and has scale indicia extending around an end of each slot, the template removably mountable with the threaded shaft of each adjustment screw extending through the end of each slot, whereby, when the template is mounted, each pointer-like knob points to a scale and the template is supported on the frame entirely by the threaded shafts extending through the ends of the slots.