Patent ID: 6339989
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
An ink supplying apparatus which supplies an ink from an ink fountain to an ink fountain roller, said apparatus comprising:an ink tray set detachably in the interior of said ink fountain, said ink fountain having brackets provided at its left- and right-hand end portions, said brackets mounted on side plates constituting left- and right-hand side walls of said ink fountain; a stopping section provided in said ink fountain to come into contact with a front end portion of said ink tray for stopping said ink tray; and a fixing device provided in front of said ink fountain for pressing each of said brackets against said stopping section to fix said ink tray in said ink fountain, said fixing device including: a supporting member placed under a mounting plane of each said bracket; a rotating member made to be rotatable in a plane substantially perpendicular to a cross direction of said apparatus in a state where its one end portion is supported by said supporting member; pressing means provided on said rotating member for pressing said bracket in a state where said rotating member rotates upwardly so that said ink tray is fixed in said ink fountain; and arresting means for arresting the rotation of said rotating member when said pressing means presses each said bracket.