Patent ID: 7243600
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: B41F,B41P

Abstract:
1. An ink pan for a rotogravure printing press comprising: a reservoir with an open top and a bottom for holding an ink; a dam within said reservoir dividing said reservoir into an intake section and an outtake section; a vortex promoter located within said reservoir creating turbulence in the ink between a gravure cylinder and said reservoir; said vortex promoter being a protrusion along said bottom of said reservoir; and a gate within said dam having an open position and a closed position; when said gate being in said closed position, said dam maintains ink in said intake section up to a height of said dam where said ink flows over said dam into said outtake section; and when said gate being in said open position, ink from said intake section empties to said outtake section.