Patent ID: 7621217

Claim:
An inking system for an offset printing press, said press having a frame with a stationary portion, with said stationary portion having plural individual components each being spaced apart, and a movable portion of said press frame having plural individual components spaced apart and interleaved with said components of said fixed portion, said movable portion of said press frame including a portion which is movable toward and away from a roller used in said printing press, a plurality of hinge pins forming a pivot axis of said components movable relative to each other, each of said stationary components having at least one portion permitting ink flow from an ink supply, each of said hinge pins having at least one hollow end portion communicating axially with one of said portions permitting ink flow, each of said hinge pins also having a radial passage for ink, whereby said ink may pass from said stationary portion of said press to said movable portion of said press, and whereby said ink may be supplied to said portion which is movable toward and away from said roller during change of the relative positions of said stationary and movable parts of said inking system.