Abstract: In a method which ensures unexceptionable sealing between a plate extending on a plate-holding table of a pad-transfer printing machine and an inking cup movable along the plate in contact with a face thereof, the plate is deformed pneumatically towards the inside of the cup.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 15, 1996
Date of Patent:
May 25, 1999
Assignee:
Tampograf S.a.s. di J.E. Taylor & Co.
Inventors:
Angelo Galassi, deceased, Richard Galassi, heir
Abstract: An inking device effective to provide a faultless ink-tight fit comprises a sheet-like support for a plate, and a cartridge, similar in shape to an overturned glass, which is adapted to contain an ink and has a lip in liquid-tight doctoring engagement with the plate, wherein the cartridge has a ring formed from a zirconia-containing ceramic material and provided with a sharp edge constituting the lip.