Patent ID: 8695499

Claim:
A method for making ready or setting up an ink fountain of a printing press, the ink fountain having an ink containment space defined by side walls and a bottom surface, the ink fountain having an ink fountain roller, the method comprising the following steps: setting the side walls of the ink fountain against the ink fountain roller of the ink fountain and thereby tensioning or stressing springs so that the springs press the side walls against the ink fountain roller; pressing the side walls against actuating elements loaded by the springs upon setting the side walls against the ink fountain roller, for adjusting the actuating elements counter to the action of the springs, the actuating elements being formed as slides; adjusting the side walls together with a basic body of the ink fountain upon setting the side walls against the ink fountain roller, and placing the side walls onto the basic body of the ink fountain and only into loose engagement with the actuating elements before setting the side walls against the ink fountain roller; pressing the side walls against the slides upon setting the side walls against the ink fountain roller, and accordingly displacing and guiding the slides in a direction inclined relative to the bottom surface of the ink fountain; and pushing pockets of the side walls over transverse pins of the slides, the pockets being elongated grooves or blind holes considerably larger than external diameters of heads of the transverse pins for allowing the transverse pins to slide in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the ink fountain roller, the transverse pins being oriented transversely relative to the direction inclined relative to the bottom of the ink fountain and parallel to the rotational axis of the ink fountain roller when the side walls are placed onto the basic body.