Inking device for printing machines having a pivotally mounted inking wheel

Claim 1

IN A ROTARY PRINTING APPARATUS FOR MARKING INDIVIDUAL PACKAGES MOVING IN A LINE PAST A ROTARY PRINTING MEMBER, A ROTARY INKING DEVICE FOR MOUNTING ON THE APPARATUS COMPRISING, AN INKING WHEEL INCLUDING A CYLINDRICAL BODY OF CELLULAR POROUS MATERIAL, A UNITARY AXLE MEMBER HAVING SAID INKING WHEEL MOUNTED THEREON IN A FIRST POSITION FOR ROTATION OF THE PRINTING MEMBER FOR AFFECTING INK OF ROTATION OF THE PRINTING MEMBER FOR AFFECTING INK TRANSFER FROM THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE WHEEL DURING ROTATION THEREOF, SPRING-LOADED JOURNAL-BEARING MEMBERS ADAPTED TO BE INSTALLED ON THE APPARATUS HAVING SAID AXLE MEMBER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED THEREON FOR SELECTIVE MOVEMENT OF THE INKING WHEEL TO A SECOND POSITION WHEREIN THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE PRINTING MEMBER AND THE TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE PRINTING MEMBER AND THE WHEEL IS OFFSET FROM THE INK TRANSFER POSITION THEREOF RELATIVE TO THE PRINTING MEMBER, AND STOP MEANS SECURED TO AND MOVABLE WITH SAID AXLE MEMBER TO ABUT SAID APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING MOVEMENT OF SAID INKING WHEEL PAST EITHER ONE OF SAID TWO MENTIONED POSITIONS THEREOF, SAID AXLE MEMBER COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY L-SHAPED MEMBER HAVING THE INKING WHEEL MOUNTED ONE LEG THEREOF AND THE SECOND LEG MOUNTED ON SAID BEARING MEMBERS, SAID STOP MEANS COMPRISING A CLAMPING PLATE SECURED TO SAID AXLE MEMBER HAVING A FLANGE PORTION AT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF ARRANGED TO BE SELECTIVELY ENGAGED AGAINST THE APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING SUCH MOVEMENT OF THE INKING WHEEL.