Patent ID: 7171899
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
1. A system for delivering ink to a printing press comprising: a manifold with an ink inlet face and an ink outlet face, the manifold adapted to be shiftably mounted to a frame of the printing press; a page pack with an ink outlet mountable to the ink inlet face of the manifold; an ink rail mountable to the ink outlet face of the manifold; a first orifice rail and a second orifice rail, each of the first and second orifice rails selectively mountable to the ink rail and adapted to deliver ink to a drum of the printing press, the first orifice rail defining a first ink path wherein at least some of the ink traveling through the first orifice rail is directed along the first ink path and away from a middle of the first orifice rail, the second orifice rail defining a second ink path wherein at least some of the ink traveling through the second orifice rail is directed along the second ink path and toward the middle of the second orifice rail; the page pack, manifold, ink rail, and the selected orifice rail arrangeable to define an ink path between an ink source and the drum; and an actuator configured to shift the manifold from a work position in which the orifice rail delivers ink to the drum to a service position in which the orifice rail is accessible spaced away form the drum.