The present invention relates to a printing press comprising a dampening device and inking device which respectively supply dampening water and ink to a plate mounted on a plate cylinder.
In a printing press of this type, roller stripping, i.e., a phenomenon in which dampening water supplied from a dampening device to a plate mounted on a plate cylinder attaches to the outer surface of an ink roller which forms an inking device, and so-called dampening (over-emulsification) occurs. As a countermeasure against these problems, air must be blown to the outer surface of the ink roller by a fan or air blowing means to vaporize moisture contained in the ink.
In a conventional printing press, a structure is proposed as shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-169633, in which an air supply pipe is provided to at least one ink roller of an ink roller group which forms an inking device, and air is supplied from the pipe to the outer surface of the ink roller. Another structure is also proposed as shown in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-032035, in which a fan is attached to a cover that covers the front surface of a printing unit, and air is blown from the fan to the surface of an ink oscillating roller.
In the former structure, as the air supply pipe and a fan are arranged outside the inking device, air does not reach some ink rollers of the ink group that are arranged on the inner side. In the latter structure, as the cover is located spaced apart from an inking device, it is difficult to blow air to the ink oscillating roller efficiently. Also, a common problem exists between the two structures. That is, pipes and valves are necessary to supply air to the air supply pipe and fan. This makes the structure complicated to increase the manufacturing cost.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing press in which air can be efficiently blown to all ink rollers which constitute an inking device.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a printing press in which the structure is simplified and the manufacturing cost is decreased.
In order to achieve the above objects, according to the present invention, there is provided a printing press comprising a dampening device which efficiently supplies dampening water to a plate mounted on a plate cylinder, an inking device which supplies ink to the plate mounted on the plate cylinder through an ink roller group, and a fan roller which is arranged in the vicinity of the ink roller group and driven to rotate, the fan roller comprising a pair of opposing wheels, an air intake port formed in at least one of the wheels, and a plurality of first vane members, each having two ends fixed to the pair of wheels, to discharge air, taken in through the air intake port, in a radial direction of the fan roller as the fan roller rotates.
A printing press according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.
As shown in
The ink supply device 8 comprises an ink fountain roller 10 and an ink fountain 11 which stores ink by the outer surface of the ink fountain roller 10 and a pair of dams. The ink roller group 9 includes four ink form rollers 12 in contact with the outer surface of the plate cylinder 1, a pair of oscillating rollers 13 in contact with the ink form rollers 12, a rider roller 14 in contact with the two inner ink form rollers 12, three distribution rollers 15 arranged above the rider roller 14, a distribution roller 16 to which the ink from the ink supply device 8 is to be supplied, a ductor roller 17 which comes into contact with the ink fountain roller 10 and distribution roller 16 alternately, a distribution roller 18 to which the ink from the distribution roller 16 is to be supplied, two oscillating rollers 19 to which the ink from the distribution roller 18 is to be supplied, and a rider roller 20 in contact with one of the oscillating rollers 13 (which is in contact with a fan roller 21 (to be described later)) and one of the oscillating rollers 19 (which is in contact with the corresponding distribution roller 15).
The fan roller 21 is arranged, in the space surrounded by the rollers of the ink roller group 9, to be adjacent to the ink form rollers 12, oscillating rollers 13, rider roller 14, and distribution rollers 15. As shown in
The surface (inclined surface) of each vane member 27 is inclined inwardly from outside the fan roller 21 at a predetermined angle with respect to the rotational direction of the fan roller 21. Thus, when the fan roller 21 rotates through the shaft 25, air in the fan roller 21 is discharged outside vane members 27 which rotate integrally with the fan roller 21, i.e., in the radial direction of the fan roller 21. When the air is discharged by the vane members 27, the interior of the fan roller 21 is set at a negative pressure, so that air near the fan roller 21 is taken into the interior of the fan roller 21 through the air intake ports 26. As shown in
In this arrangement, when the printing press drives to rotate the respective rollers of the ink roller group 9 and the distribution rollers 15 also rotate, the fan roller 21 rotates through the gears 30 and 28. When the fan roller 21 rotates, air taken in through the air intake ports 26 of the fan roller 21 is discharged by the vane members 27 in the radial direction of the fan roller 21 (radial direction of the fan roller 21). Thus, air is blown to the outer surfaces of the ink form rollers 12, oscillating rollers 13, rider roller 14, and distribution rollers 15 which are arranged in the vicinity of the fan roller 21. Consequently, the moisture attaching to the outer surfaces of the rollers 12, 13, 14, and 15 vaporizes to make the outer surfaces dry. Thus, roller stripping or dampening (over-emulsification) does not occur.
According to this embodiment, since the fan roller 21 is arranged at a position close to the ink roller group 9, air can be blown from the fan roller 21 to the ink roller group 9 efficiently. When the rollers of the ink roller group 9 rotate, the fan roller 21 also rotates automatically to discharge air. Thus, a controller which controls the fan and air blowing means becomes unnecessary. Also, as the pipes and valves become unnecessary, the structure can be simplified to decrease the manufacturing cost. Air can also be blown to the ink rollers located inside the ink roller group 9, so that roller stripping and dampening (over-emulsification) can be prevented more reliably.
The second embodiment will be described with reference to
According to this embodiment, when the fan roller 41 rotates, air is forcedly taken into the fan roller 41 through the air intake ports 26 to increase the air pressure in the fan roller 41. Thus, the amount of air discharged by the second vane members 42 increases.
The third embodiment of the present invention will be descried with reference to
The fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to
According to this embodiment, the air discharged from the fan rollers 21 is imparted with directivity by the casings 61. Thus, wasteful air blowing decreases to improve the air blowing efficiency.
The fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to
According to this embodiment, a driving mechanism such as a driving gear is not required, and the fan roller 21 can be rotatably driven by only the frictional force.
In the embodiments described above, the fan roller 21 or 41 is rotated interlocked with the ink roller group. Alternatively, only the fan roller 21 may be driven by an exclusive motor independently of the ink roller group. While the air intake ports 26 of the fan roller 21 or 41 are formed in both of the opposing wheels 22, they may be formed in only one wheel 22.
As has been described above, according to the present invention, air can be blown efficiently from a position close to the ink rollers. When the ink rollers rotate, air is automatically discharged from the fan roller. Thus, a controller which controls the driving operation of the fan or air blowing means becomes unnecessary. Pipes and valves also become unnecessary. This can simplify the structure to decrease the manufacturing cost.
Since air can be blown also to the ink roller on the inner side of the ink roller group, roller stripping or dampening (over-emulsification) can be prevented more reliably. As the air is taken into the fan roller forcedly, the amount of air to be discharged toward the ink rollers can be increased. Also, the air can be blown from the fan roller to a target ink roller efficiently.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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366529/2004 | Dec 2004 | JP | national |