APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING CANNED INK

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an extraction apparatus for canned ink which can be adapted to a printing office using a small amount of ink and can be crushed immediately when extracted, in the convenience for disposal of the emptied cans. SOLUTION: A pressure receiving table for mounting an ink can is arranged below a pressurizing disc to pressurize the can covered with a lid. A valve, equipped with an intake port at the top end facing the taking out port of the can bottom and with a discharge port at the bottom end, is provided at the center of the pressure receiving table. The can is pressurized and crushed with the pressurizing disc to introduce a desired amount of ink into the valve to be discharged downward. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO