Inking mechanism for rotary printing presses

Claim 1

IN AN ARRANGEMENT FOR SUPPLYING PRINTING INK SIMULTANEOUSLY TO A PLURALITY OF SETS OF INKING ROLLS IN A ROTARY PRINTING PRESS IN INDIVIDUALLY CONTROLLED AND METERED QUANTITIES THE COMBINATION WHICH COMPRISES A RESERVOIR FOR SAID INK, CONDUIT MEANS FORMING A CONTINUOUS CIRCUIT FOR CONDUCTING INK FROM SAID RESERVOIR TO ADJACENT EACH OF SAID SETS OF INKING ROLLS AND BACK TO SAID RESERVOIR, PUMP MEANS FOR PUMPING INK FROM SAID RESERVOIR THROUGH SAID CONDUIT MEANS FOR MAINTAINING A CONTINUOSU INK FLOW SUBSTANTIALLY AND CONTINUOUSLY IN EXCESS OF THE QUANTITY OF INK TO BE SUPPLIED TO ALL SAID SETS OF INKING ROLLS, AND A POSITIVELY DRIVEN AND INDIVIDUALLY ADJUSTABLE POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT FEEDING AND METERING DOSAGING DEVICE ADJACENT EACH OF SAID SETS OF INKING ROLLS FOR WITHDRAWING INK FROM SAID CONDUIT MEANS AND FEEDING SAID WITHDRAWING INK CONTINUOUSLY TO SAID ROLLS, EACH SAID DOSAGING DEVICE INCLUDING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET IN THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL WALLS THEREOF, A ROTOR DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CHAMBER FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS ECCENTRIC TO THE AXIS OF SAID CHAMBER, MEANS ON SAID ROTOR FORMING A PLURALITY OF OUTWARDLY EXTENDING BLADES DEFINING THEREAROUND A PLURALITY OF POCKETS SUCCESSIVELY COMMUNICATING WITH SAID OUTLET AND SAID INLET DURING ROTATION OF SAID ROTOR, MEANS FOR VARYING THE DEGREE OF ECCENTRICITY OF SAID ROTOR WITHIN SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER, AND MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID BLADE MEANS IN SEALING CONTACT WITH THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL WALL OF SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER IN ALL ANGULAR POSITIONS OF SAID ROTOR AND SAID BLADE MEANS BETWEEN SAID INLET AND SAID OUTLET AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE ECCENTRICITY OF SAID ROTOR.