Patent ID: 6067906
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
A method for dispensing ink to a printing press, comprising the steps ofplacing ink into a flexible bag which has an outlet spout disposed with an ink flow passageway in position for receiving ink directly thereinto in an outlet flow direction at an end of said bag which has two sides disposed on opposite sides of said spout and parallel to said flow direction,positioning said bag with a first one of said sides disposed parallel to and adjacent an abutment and in ink-flow communication through said spout and to a printing press,positioning an air bladder of an endless wall of elastomer material adjacent said bag at a second one of said sides,inflating said bladder with pressurized air and forcing said wall of said bladder in a direction transverse to said outlet flow direction and into contact with and directly against said second side of said bag and then forcing said bag against said abutment and thereby forcing the ink to flow from said bag in a direction through said spout and to slid printing press, andsensing the amount of ink flowing from said bag and regulating the inflating of said bladder in accord with the amount of flowing ink.