INK WIPING SYSTEM OF AN INTAGLIO PRINTING PRESS AND INTAGLIO PRINTING PRESS COMPRISING THE SAME

• Main Authors: SCHAEDE, JOHANNES GEORG, SCHARKUS, VOLKER, SCHWITZKY, VOLKMAR ROLF, CLAUDE, LAURENT, SOKOL, RALF HARALD, WURSCH, ALAIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 12.09.2013
• Subjects: LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

There is described an ink wiping system (100; 100'; 100") of an intaglio printing press comprising a wiping tank (101) and a rotatable wiping roller assembly (102; 102*) supported on and partly located in the wiping tank (101 ) for wiping excess ink from the surface of a rotatable intaglio printing cylinder (80) of the intaglio printing press. The ink wiping system (100; 100'; 100") comprises a wiping roller retracting device (150) which forms an integral part of the ink wiping system (100; 100'; 100") and is adapted to be coupled to the wiping roller assembly (102; 102*) to move the wiping roller assembly (102; 102*) between a working position (W) where the wiping roller assembly (102; 102*) is supported on and partly located in the wiping tank (101) for cooperation with the intaglio printing cylinder (80) and a parking position (P) where the wiping roller assembly (102; 102*) is retracted out of the wiping tank (101) and away from the intaglio printing cylinder (80). In the working position (W) of the wiping roller assembly (102; 102*), the wiping roller retracting device (150) is coupled to the wiping roller assembly (102; 102*). The ink wiping system (100; 100'; 100") further includes, at the parking position (P), a storage section (110) adapted to receive the wiping roller assembly (102; 102*) which is retracted by the wiping roller retracting device (150).