Abstract: An inking apparatus according to the present invention includes an ink fountain roller, an ink fountain blade, a front end of which is position-adjustable to be located close to the outer circumference of the ink fountain roller, a pair of side plates, each standing upright from the ink fountain blade so that an arcuate front end surface encircles part of the outer circumference of the ink fountain roller to form an ink fountain for storing ink in cooperative with the ink fountain roller and the ink fountain blade, in which a permanent magnet is embedded in a bottom surface of each the side plate in contact with the ink fountain blade for fixing the side plate to a desired position of the ink fountain blade. The pair of side plates are movable relative to the ink fountain blade along an axis of the ink fountain roller.

Abstract: An inking apparatus according to the present invention includes an ink fountain roller, an ink fountain blade, a front end of which is position-adjustable to be located close to the outer circumference of the ink fountain roller, a pair of side plates, each standing upright from the ink fountain blade so that an arcuate front end surface encircles part of the outer circumference of the ink fountain roller to form an ink fountain for storing ink in cooperative with the ink fountain roller and the ink fountain blade, in which a permanent magnet is embedded in a bottom surface of each the side plate in contact with the ink fountain blade for fixing the side plate to a desired position of the ink fountain blade. The pair of side plates are movable relative to the ink fountain blade along an axis of the ink fountain roller.

Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a tag on a neck portion of an article is disclosed. The apparatus includes an article-carrying member, a tag-supplying device, and a tag-carrying device disposed beyond the article-carrying member along a carrying direction of the article. The tag-carrying device includes two pairs of paired traveling belts disposed right and left of the tag and inclined so that each of the belts has a starting portion higher than the article and an ending portion of approximately the same height as a shoulder of the article. The tag-carrying device is adapted for carrying a tag synchronously with the carried article while holding both side edges of the tag between the upper and lower traveling belts to thereby insert a head of the article into a tag aperture and attach the tag to the neck portion of the article.