Lithographic dampener with skewed metering roller

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR DAMPENING THE PLATE ON A LITHOGRAPHIC PRESS; A DAMPENING FLUID TRANSFER ROLLER HAVING A SMOOTHLY FINISHED, HARD SURFACE THEREON; A RESILIENT INK COATED APPLICATOR ROLLER IN ROTATIVE CONTACT WITH THE PLATE AND WITH THE SURFACE OF THE TRANSFER ROLLER; A DAMPENING FLUID METERING ROLLER HAVING A SMOOTH RESILIENT SURFACE THEREON IN ROTATIVE CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE OF THE TRANSFER ROLLER AND ADAPTED TO BE INDENTED IN METERING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRANSFER ROLLER; A COMMON MOUNTING HOUSING FOR THE METERING ROLLER AND TRANSFER ROLLER AT EACH END THEREOF; BEARINGS MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING ON WHICH THE METERING ROLLER AND TRANSFER ROLLER ARE ROTATABLY SUPPORTED; AT LEAST ONE OF THE HOUSINGS BEING ROTATABLE ABOUT THE BEARING SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSFER ROLLER; MEANS TO ROTATE SAID MOUNTING HOUSING ABOUT THE END OF THE TRANSFER ROLLER TO THEREBY SPIRALLY TWIST THE RESILIENT SURFACE OF THE METERING ROLLER ABOUT THE TRANSFER ROLLER; AND MEANS TO FIX THE SAID MOUNTING HOUSING AGAINST FURTHER ROTATION AFTER SUCH ADJUSTMENT IS MADE.