Patent ID: 7082874

Claim:
A short inking unit for a planographic printing press comprising a rotatable form cylinder ( 1 ), an applicator-roll arrangement which interacts with the form cylinder ( 1 ), an engraved roll arrangement which interacts with the applicator-roll arrangement, said applicator roll arrangement including a plurality of applicator rolls ( 5 , 6 ; 5 , 6 , 15 ) which each interact with the form cylinder ( 1 ) and are offset with respect to one another in the direction of rotation of said form cylinder ( 1 ), said engraved roll arrangement including a plurality of engraved rolls ( 7 , 8 ; 7 , 8 , 13 ; 17 , 7 , 8 ; 17 , 7 ) which are offset with respect to one another in the direction of rotation of the form cylinder ( 1 ) and which each have a respective ink supply for applying ink to the engraved roll, said applicator rolls and engraved rolls forming a roll train having rolls which roll on one another in pairs that each form a roll nip, said pairs of rolls including one applicator roll ( 5 , 6 , 15 ) and one engraved roll ( 7 , 8 , 13 , 17 ) interacting at each roll nip of the roll train, said rolls of said roll train each being smaller in diameter than the diameter of said form cylinder 1 , and said roll train having at least one end formed by an engraved roll which interacts with only one applicator roll.