Special purpose press for marking relatively inclined surfaces

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR PRINTING ON ONE SURFACE OF PULP PAPER PLATES OF THE TYPE HAVING A CENTRAL BASE PORTION WITH AN INCLINED RIM PORTION THEREAROUND COMPRISING A PLATE PRINTING STATION INCLUDING MEANS CONNECTED TO PRESENT PLATES SERIATIM AND HOLD THEM DURING THE PRINTING OPERATION WITH THE SURFACES TO BE PRINTED EXPOSED, A TYPE FACE INKING STATION INCLUDING CYLINDRICAL ROLLER MEANS CONNECTED TO TRAVERSE A TYPE FACE AND COME TO REST AGAINST A RE-INKING MEMBER, A PRINTING HEAD MOUNTED FOR TO-ANDFRO SHIFTING MOTION ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH TERMINATING AT ONE END OF THE PLATE PRINTING STATION AND AT THE OTHER END AT THE TYPE FACE INKING STATIOIN, THE PRINTING HEAD INCLUDING A FIRST TYPE FACE FOR PRINTING ON THE BASE OF PLATES, A SECOND TYPE FACE FOR PRINTING ON THE INCLINED RIMS OF PLATES, MEANS MOUNTING THE FIRST TYPE FACE IN FIXED RELATION ON THE PRINTING HEAD, MEANS MOUNTING THE SECOND TYPE FACE FOR LIMITED TO-AND-FRO SHIFTING MOTION RELATIVE TO THE PRINTING HEAD ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH TERMINATING AT ONE END IN A PRINTING POSITION WHEREIN THE SECOND TYPE FACE IS ANGLED TO THE FIRST TYPE FACE TO CORRESPOND WITH THE INCLINATION OF PLATE RIMS AND AT THE OTHER END IN AN INKING POSITION WHEREIN THE SECOND TYPE FACE IS ALIGNED WITH THE FIRST TYPE FACE TO CORRESPOND WITH THE TRAVERSE OF THE INKING ROLLER MEANS, DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO SHIFT THE PRINTING HEAD TO-AND-FRO ALONG ITS PREDETERMINED PATH IN TIMED COORDINATION WITH THE PRESENTATION OF PLATES AT THE PRINTING STATION AND TO TRAVERSE THE INKING ROLLER MEANS ACROSS THE TYPE FACE IN TIMED COORDINATION WITH THE SHIFTING OF THE PRINTING HEAD TO THE INKING STATION, THE DRIVE MEANS BEING CONNECTED TO SHIFT THE SECOND TYPE FACE ALONG ITS PREDETERMINED PATH BETWEEN THE PRINTING POSITION AND THE INKING POSITION IN TIMED COORDINATION WITH THE SHIFTING OF THE PRINTING HEAD, THE DRIVE MEANS BEING ARRANGED TO INSURE THAT THE SECOND TYPE FACE IS IN ITS PRINTING POSITION PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE PRINTING HEAD AT THE PRINTING STATION WHEREBY BOTH TYPE FACES COME INTO REGISTRY SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH PLATE SURFACES TO BE PRINTED.