Patent ID: 8850976

Claim:
A cylindrical can decorator inker assembly, said inker assembly conveying ink from an ink fountain assembly to a plate cylinder, wherein said ink fountain assembly comprises a fountain well, a fountain roll and a ductor roll, and wherein said plate cylinder comprises an image plate rotated against a blanket roll, said inker assembly comprising: a non-oscillating first transfer roll intermittently contacted by said ductor roll of said ink fountain assembly; a non-oscillating distributor roll in contact with said first transfer roll; a non-oscillating second transfer roll in contact with said non-oscillating distributor roll; a first axially oscillating distributor roll and a second axially oscillating distributor roll, both in contact with said second transfer roll; a non-oscillating third transfer roll in contact with said first and second axially oscillating distributor rolls; a first non-oscillating form roll and a second non-oscillating form roll, both in contact with said third transfer roll and with said image plate of said plate cylinder; and a first axially oscillating ghost chaser roll in contact with said first non-oscillating form roll and a second axially oscillating ghost chaser roll in contact with said second non-oscillating form roll.