Dampener for printing presses

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A DAMPENER FOR A PRINTING PRESS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS IN SERIES CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WHICH REMAIN CONTINUOUSLY AND UNINTERRUPTEDLY IN SUCH CONTACT AND MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY AND UNINTERRUPTEDLY ROTATING ALL OF THE ROLLERS, A FIRST ONE OF SUCH ROLLERS SERVING AS A SOURCE OF DAMPENING FLUID, A SECOND ONE OF SUCH ROLLERS BEING A METERING ROLLER HAVING A DAMPENING FLUID CARRYING SURFACE IN CONTACT WITH THE FIRST ROLLER, SAID PLURALITY OF ROLLERS COMPRISING ROLLER MEANS IN CONTACT WITH THE SECOND ROLLER AND WITH THE FORM OF THE PRESS INCLUDING AN INTERMEDIATE ROLLER AND A DAMPENING FLUID FORM ROLLER FOR APPLYING DAMPENING FLUID TO THE FORM OF THE PRESS, THE INTERMEDIATE ROLLER BEING DISPOSED AT A SOMEWHAT LOWER ELEVATION THAN THE FIRST ROLLER, THE SECOND ROLLER BEING SUPPORTED AGAINST GRAVITY SOLELY IN THE SADDLE FORMED BY THE FIRST ROLLER AND THE INTERMEDIATE ROLLER, THE INTERMEDIATE ROLLER BY REASON OF ITS ELDVATION SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN THAT OF THE FIRST ROLLER TENDING TO ROTATE THE SECOND ROLLER AT THE SPEED OF THE INTERMEDIATE ROLLER, THE MEANS FOR ROTATING THE FIRST ROLLER BEING INDEPENDENT OF THE MEANS FOR ROTATING THE OTHER ROLLERS AND COMPRISING ADJUSTABLE MEANS FOR ROTATING THE FIRST ROLLER AT VARIABLE SPEED LESS THAN THE SPEED OF THE OTHER ROLLERS, THE FIRST ROLLER AND THE SECOND ROLLER ROTATING SO THAT THE SURFACE PORTIONS THEREOF IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER MOVE IN THE SAME DIRECTION, THE RELATIVE SPEEDS OF THE FIRST ROLLER AND THE SECOND ROLLER DETERMINING THE QUANTITY OF DAMPENING FLUID TAKEN BY THE SECOND ROLLER FROM THE FIRST ROLLER AND DELIVERED TO THE INTERMEDIATE ROLLER AND THENCE TO THE FORM.