Patent ID: 6202554
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
An intaglio printing press, comprising:a plate cylinder having an intaglio plate mounted on a circumferential surface of the plate cylinder;an impression cylinder in contact with said plate cylinder;an ink collecting cylinder in contact with said plate cylinder and having a blanket mounted on a circumferential surface of the ink collecting cylinder;a first ink supply means in contact with said ink collecting cylinder for supplying ink to said blanket of said ink collecting cylinder;a second ink supply means in contact with said plate cylinder, for supplying ink to said intaglio plate;a wiping roller in contact with said plate cylinder,wherein said second ink supply means includes a rotary screen assembly for supplying ink to saidintaglio plate and an intermediate roller member for transferring ink from the rotary screen assembly to said intaglio plate of said plate cylinder,wherein said roller member includes a printing pattern thereon and a groove or duct configuration in an outer peripheral surface portion thereof adjacent the printing pattern in contact with a portion of said ink transferred to said intaglio plate of said plate cylinder from said first ink supply means, andsupport means located on said roller member for preventing the rotary screen assembly from falling into the groove or duct configuration of the roller member.