Patent ID: 7117791
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
1. An ink fountain apparatus for a printing press, comprising: a rotatably supported ink fountain roller; a bottom plate arranged at such a position that a distal end portion thereof is close to said ink fountain roller; an ink fountain having a pair of ink dams arranged in a direction substantially perpendicular to said bottom plate and opposing each other in an axial direction of said ink fountain roller; and a scraping member arranged downstream of an opposed position, where said ink fountain roller opposes a downstream roller, in a rotational direction of said ink fountain roller and serving to return ink attaching to said ink fountain roller into said ink fountain, said scraping member includes a thin plate-like abutting member which abuts against the outer surface of said ink fountain roller, and a leaf spring, a proximal end portion of which is overlaid on a proximal end portion of said thin plate-like abutting member to urge a distal end portion of said thin plate-like abutting member against the outer surface of said ink fountain roller.