Rotary foraminous printing machine with magnetically attracted internal inker

Claim 1

A foraminous printing machine comprising a horizontal rotary foraminous cylinder, a horizontal rotary roller whose axis is parallel to that of the cylinder, and which is adjacent to the cylinder for holding a sheet to be printed against the cylinder for printing, a carrier for guiding sheets to be printed between the cylinder and the roller, the roller serving to support the carrier in contiguous relation with the cylinder, a squeegee blade which is held inside the cylinder in a position adjacent to the roller and in pressure contact with the inside of the cylinder, the squeegee blade being flexible along its whole length for flexure in a radial plane in relation to the cylinder and comprising material which can be magnetically attracted, magnet means in the roller for attracting the squeegee, at least one movable lever arm carrying at one free end the squeegee blade, means carrying the other end of the lever arm in a stationary fashion inside the cylinder behind the squeegee blade with reference to the direction of rotation of the cylinder, the squeegee blade having a V-shaped ridge that makes substantially linear contact with the inner surface of the cylinder, a leading side of the blade with reference to the direction of rotation of the cylinder making an acute angle with the carrier.