Rotary printing press with movable transfer cylinder

Claim 1

ROLL SKIP PRINTING APPARATUS, AS FOR PRINTING RUG CROSS BORDERS ON A TRAVELLING WEB, BY ROLLS WHICH TURN TOGETHER AT ALL TIMES, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A ROLL STAND HAVING A SET OF COOPERATING ROLLS, INCLUDING AN ENGRAVED ROLL, AN IMPRESSION ROLL WITH THE WEB TO IMPRINTED PASSING THEREOVER, AND AN OFFSET ROLL MOUNTED TO BE ARTICULATED FROM AND TOWARD SAID ENGRAVED AND IMPRESSION ROLLS WHILE TURNING IN CONTINUED COORDINATION THEREWITH; AND ARTICULATING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID OFFSET ROLL FROM AND TOWARD SAID ENGRAVED AND IMPRESSION ROLLS; SAID ARTICULATING MEANS INCLUDING, FOR EACH END OF THE OFFSET ROLL, A CRADLE PIVOTED AT TWO POINTS ADJACENT THE NIPS BETWEEN THE OFFSET ROLL AND THE ENGRAVED ROLL AND IMPRESSION ROLL RESPECTIVELY AND SUPPORTING THE OFFSET ROLL BETWEEN SAID TWO PIVOT POINTS; SEPARATE INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLABLE POWER MOTOR MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY MOVING EITHER END OF THE CRADLE ABOUT THE PIVOT AT THE OTHER END TO SEPARATE THE OFFSET ROLL AT EITHER NIP SELECTIVELY; AND CONTROL MEANS FOR SAID POWER MOTOR MEANS OPERATED COORDINATELY WITH THE TURNING OF SAID ROLLS FOR EITHER PLACING THE OFFSET ROLL IN ENGAGEMENT WITH BOTHE THE ENGRAVED AND IMPRESSION ROLLS, OR SEPARATING IT FROM BOTH ROLLS, OR SELECTIVELY SEPARATING IT FROM EITHER ROLL.