Flexographic presses

Claim 1

IN A FLEXOGRAPHIC PRESS HAVING A PLURALITY OF PRINTING STATIONS WITH EACH STATION HAVING A PRINTING PLATE CYLINDER AND RELATED IMPRESSION CYLINDER, AN INKING ROLLER AND ASSOCIATED INK FOUNTAIN AND INK FOUNTAIN ROLLER, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING MEANS MOUNTING EACH OF SAID PRINTING PLATE CYLINDERS FOR INDIVIDUAL MOVEMENT BACK AND FORTH RELATIVE TO ITS IMPRESSION CYLINDER, INCLUDING A SUPPORT PLATE SLIDABLY CARRIED BY THE PRESS, A FRAME CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT PLATE AND ADAPTED FOR TRAVEL THEREALONG, MEANS FOR EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF SAID FRAME ALONG SAID PLATE, MEANS MOUNTING EACH OF SAID INKING ROLLERS AND ITS ASSOCIATED INK FOUNTAIN AND ROLLER FOR INDIVIDUAL MOVEMENT BACK AND FORTH RELATIVE TO ITS RELATED PRINTING PLATE CYLINDER, MEANS FOR MOVING ALL OF SAID PRINTING PLATE CYLINDERS SIMULTANEOUSLY LATERALLY RELATIVE TO THEIR RELATED IMPRESSION CYLINDERS INTO AND OUT OF OPERATIVE PRINTING POSITION, COMPRISING A CRANK ARM CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID SUPPORT PLATES FOR MOVING SAID PLATES LATERALLY TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THEIR RELATED IMPRESSION CYLINDERS, ECCENTRICS, MEANS ROTATABLY MOUNTING EACH OF SAID CRANK ARMS ON AN ASSOCIATED ECCENTRIC AND A COMMON ACTUATING LEVER CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID ECCENTRICS FOR EFFECTING ROTATION OF SAID ECCENTRICS AND ASSOCIATED CRANK ARMS, WHEREBY SAID SUPPORT PLATES AND RELATED PRINTING PLATE CYLINDERS ARE TRAVELLED SIMULTANEOUSLY INTO AND OUT OF OPERATIVE PRINTING POSITION, MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING A SELECTED PLURALITY OF INK FOUNTAIN AND ASSOCIATED INKING ROLLERS LATERALLY RELATIVE TO THEIR ASSOCIATED PRINTING PLATE CYLINDERS INTO AND OUT OF OPERATIVE PLATE INKING POSITION, WHEREBY INK AGITATION BY SAID INK FOUNTAIN ROLLERS IN SAID FOUNTAIN CONTINUES WHILE THE PRINTING OPERATION OF SAID PRESS IS SELECTIVELY INTERRUPTED, SAID MEANS MOUNTING EACH OF SAID INK FOUNTAIN AND ASSOCIATED INKING ROLLERS INCLUDING A SECOND SUPPORT PLATE SLIDABLY CARRIED BY THE FRAME MOUNTING ITS RELATED PRINTING PLATE CYLINDER, A CARRIAGE CARRIED BY SAID SECOND SUPPORT PLATE AND ADAPTED FOR TRAVEL THEREALONG AND MEANS, FOR EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIAGE ALONG SAID SECOND PLATE, SAID MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING A PLURALITY OF INK FOUNTAIN AND ASSOCIATED INKING ROLLERS LATERALLY OF THEIR ASSOCIATED PRINTING PLATE CYLINDERS COMPRISING A CRANK CONNECTED TO EACH OF THE ASSOCIATED INK FOUNTAIN ROLLERS SUPPORT PLATES FOR MOVING SAID PLATES LATERALLY IN THEIR ASSOCIATED PRINTING PLATE CYLINDER FRAMES TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THEIR RELATED PRINTING PLATE CYLINDERS, ECCENTRICS, MEANS ROTATABLY MOUNTING EACH OF SAID RELATED ECCENTRICS AND ASSOCIATED INK FOUNTAIN ROLLER CRANK ARMS, WHEREBY SAID INTER-CONNECTED INK FOUNTAIN AND ASSOCIATED INKING ROLLERS ARE TRAVELLED TOGETHER INTO AND OUT OF INKING POSITION.