Reinking apparatus

Claim 1

In an apparatus of the character described for reinking ribbons including a supporting framework, means on said framework for feeding the ribbon to be reinked, means on said framework for collecting the reinked ribbon, means for driving said collecting means, inking means for applying a reinking composition to the ribbon including a reservoir for holding a supply pool of reinking composition for application to the ribbon, a feed roller extending partially into the pool of the reinking composition, an inking roller receiving the reinking composition from said feed roller, means guiding the ribbon into contact with said inking roller to apply the composition to the ribbon, means on said framework supporting said feed roller in fixed position, blocks movably connected to said framework and supporting said inking roller for movement toward and away from said feed roller, spring means acting on said blocks biasing said inking roller away from said feed roller, adjustment means fixed to said framework and having a movable part, and means for controlling the position of said movable part relative to said framework; the improvement comprising adjustable cam means mounted on said movable part and in contact with said blocks to move said reinking roller against said spring means independently of said adjustment means for changing the predetermined positional relationship of said rollers whereby the amount of reinking composition transferred to said inking roller from said feed roller may be varied with reference to the predetermined position.