Cylinder mounting, adjusting and interrupting means for offset printing and like machines

Claim 1

AN OFFSET LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING, DUPLICATING OR LIKE MACHINE WHICH COMPRISES AN IMAGE-CARRYING CYLINDER, A BLANKET CYLINDER, AN IMPRESSION CYLINDER, A MACHINE FRAMEWORK, SAID IMAGE-CARRYING AND SAID IMPRESSION CYLINDERS BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED AT FIXED POSITIONS IN SAID FRAMEWORK WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE PERIPHERAL SURFACES SPACED FROM EACH OTHER, MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID BLANKET CYLINDER AT A POSITION WHERE THE COMMON PLANE OF THE AXES OF SAID IMAGE-CARRYING AND SAID BLANKET CYLINDERS INTERSECTS THE COMMON PLANE OF THE AXES OF SAID BLANKET AND IMPRESSION CYLINDERS AT AN ANGLE WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY A RIGHT ANGLE, SAID BLANKET CYLINDER SUPPORTING MEANS COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND PIVOTALLY MOUNTED SUPPORT STRUCTURES, SAID SECOND SUPPORT STRUCTURE BEING ROCKABLE ABOUT THE AXIS OF ONE OF SAID FIXED POSITION CYLINDERS AND SAID FIRST SUPPORT STRUCTURE HAVING SAID BLANKET CYLINDER ROTATABLY MOUNTED THEREIN AND BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED UPON SAID SECOND SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID BLANKET CYLINDER BODILY TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM SAID IMPRESSION CYLINDER IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY RADIAL TO THE AXIS OF SAID IMPRESSION CYLINDER AND TANGENTIAL TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID IMAGE-CARRYING CYLINDER AND FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID BLANKET CYLINDER TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM SAID IMAGE-CARRYING CYLINDER IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY RADIAL TO THE AXIS OF SAID IMAGE-CARRYING CYLINDER, AND TANGENTIAL TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID IMPRESSION CYLINDER AND FIRST AND SECOND PRESSURE APPLYING MEANS FOR PROVIDING RESPECTIVELY AN ADJUSTABLE PRESSURE BETWEEN SAID BLANKET CYLINDER AND SAID IMAGE-CARRYING CYLINDER AND AN INDEPENDENTLY ADJUSTABLE PRESSURE BETWEEN SAID BLANKET CYLINDER AND SAID IMPRESSION CYLINDER, SAID FIRST PRESSURE APPLYING MEANS BEING OPERATIVE TO ROTATE SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS RELATIVE TO SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS TO MOVE SAID BLANKET CYLINDER BODILY TOWARDS SAID IMPRESSION CYLINDER AND SAID SECOND PRESSURE APPLYING MEANS BEING OPERATIVE TO ROTATE SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID FIXED POSITION CYLINDER TO MOVE SAID BLANKET CYLINDER BODILY TOWARDS SAID IMAGE-CARRYING CYLINDER.