Mounting and operating means for inking unit and plate cylinder of a press

Claim 1

A PRITING PRESS COMPRISING A PRESS FRAME; PRINTING MECHANISM MOUNTED ON THE FRAME INCLUDING A PLATE CYLINDER, AN ECCENTRIC SHAFT CARRIED BY THE PRESS FRAME AND MOUNTING THE PLATE CYLINDER FOR ROTATION AND THE PRESS FRAME MOUNTINNG THE ECCENTRIC SHAFT FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT, A BLANKET CYLINDER, A BLANKET CYLINDER SHAFT, AN IMPRESSION CYLINDER, AN IMPRESSION CYLINDER SHAFT, AND ONE OF SAID BLANKET CYLINDER SHAFT AND IMPRESSION CYLINDER SHAFT BEING ECCENTRIC TO PROVIDE A SECOND ECCENTRIC SHAFT AND MOUNTED IN THE FRAME FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT; AN INKING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE PRESS FRAME TO FEED INK TO A PLATE ON THE PLATE CYLINDER INCLUDING AN INKING UNIT FRAME, INKING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE INKING UNIT FRAME, MOUNTING MEANS CARRIED BY THE PRESS FRAME AND MOUNTING THE INKING UNIT FOR MOVEMENT TO AND FROM OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS AND ALSO TO AND FROM OPERATIVE AND INOPERATIVE POSITIONS; LATCHING MECHANISM CARRIED BY THE PRESS FRAME AND THE INKING UNIT FRAME RELEASEABLY SECURING THE INKING UNIT FRAME TO THE PRESS FRAME TO RETAIN INKING UNIT IN CLOSED POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE PRESS FRAME INCLUDING RELEASEABLE LATCHING LEVER MEANS HAVINGS LOWER END INTERENGAGING MEANS CARRIED BY ONE END OF THE LATCHING LEVER MEANS AND ONE OF THE FRAMES, A LATCHING LEVER UNIT ECCENTRIC MEANS MOUNTED ON ONE OF THE FRAMES AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH THE OTHER END OF THE LATCHING LEVER MEANS, AND OPERATING MECHANISM CARRIED BY THE PRESS FRAME AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH THE ECCENTRIC SHAFT FOR THE PLATE CYCLINDER AND THE LATCH LEVER ECCENTRIC MEANS TO TURN THE SAME AND SHIFT THE INKING UNIT AND THE PLATE CYLINDER TO AND FROM OPERATING POSITION INCLUDING SHEET SENSING MEANS CONTROLLING THE OPERATINGN MECHANISM AND LOCATED TO BE OPERATED BY A SHEET BEING FEED TO THE PRESS.