Apparatus for applying fountain solution in planographic printing

Claim 1

IN A LITHOGRAPHIC PRESS HAVING A PLATE CYLINDER AND MEANS FOR APPLYING INK TO SAID PLATE CYLINDER, APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FOUNTAIN SOLUTION TO THE SURFACE OF SAID PLATE CYLINDER COMPRISING A RESERVOIR FOR RETAINING FOUNTAIN SOLUTION, A NONABSORBENT FOUNTAIN ROLLER PARTIALLY IMMERSED IN SAID FOUNTAIN SOLUTION, A RESILIENT NONABSORBENT DAMPENER ROLLER INTERMEDIATE AND NORMALLY IN PERIPHERAL CONTACT WITH BOTH THE PLATE CYLINDER AND THE FOUNTAIN ROLLER, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID PLATE CYLINDER, FOUNTAIN ROLLER AND DAMPENER ROLLER AT THE SAME PERIPHERAL SPEED, THE ENDS OF SAID DAMPENER ROLLER BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN A FIRST PAIR OF SLIDABLY MOUNTED BEARINGS SO THAT THE DAMPENER ROLLER IS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE PLATE CYLINDER, SAID BEARINGS BEING SLIDABLE IN PATHS PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF THE PLATE CYLINDER, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID BEARINGS INDIVIDUALLY OR JOINTLY ALONG SAID SLIDABLE PATHS TO MOVE SAID ENDS OF THE ROLLER TOWARDS OR AWAY FROM PERIPHERAL CONTACT WITH SAID PLATE CYLINDER WHILE THE ROLLER IS ROTATING WITHIN SAID BEARINGS, A NONABSORBENT FOUNTAIN ROLLER PARTIALLY IMMERSED IN SAID FOUNTAIN SOLUTION, THE ENDS OF SAID FOUNTAIN ROLLER BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN A SECOND PAIR OF SLIDABLY MOUNTED BEARINGS SO THAT THE FOUNTAIN ROLLER IS POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE DAMPENER ROLLER, SAID SECOND PAIR OF BEARINGS BEING SLIDABLE IN PATHS PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF THE PLATE CYLINDER AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SECOND PAIR OF BEARINGS INDIVIDUALLY OR JOINTLY ALONG SAID SLIDABLE PATHS TO MOVE SAID FOUNTAIN ROLLER ENDS TOWARDS OR AWAY FROM PERIPHERAL CONTACT WITH SAID DAMPENER ROLLER WHILE THE DAMPENER ROLLER IS ROTATING WITHIN SAID BEARINGS, THE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID FIRST PAIR OF BEARINGS AND THE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SECOND PAIR OF BEARINGS BEING OPERABLE SIMULANEOUSLY.