Patent ID: 7908966

Claim:
A distribution roller for use in at least one of an inking system and a dampening system of an offset rotary printing press comprising: a roller train defining a fluid stream in said one of said inking system and said dampening system, said fluid stream extending from a supply roller of one of ink in said inking system and of dampening fluid in said dampening system to an application roller engageable with a forme cylinder of said offset rotary printing press, said distribution roller being an axially reciprocating distribution roller in said fluid stream of said roller train and being intermediate said supply roller and said application roller; a roller body of said distribution roller and having first and second roller body ends; spaced first and second pivotable levers supporting said first and second ends of said roller body for rotation of said roller body about an axis of rotation of said roller body; a distribution roller rotary drive mechanism including a rotary drive motor, said distribution roller rotary drive mechanism being located at one of said first and second ends of said roller body on one of said first and second pivotable levers and being usable to rotate said roller body about said axis of rotation of said roller body; and a distribution roller traversing drive mechanism located at the other of said first and second ends of said roller body on the other of said first and second pivotable levers and being usable for traversing said roller body along said axis of rotation of said roller body, each of said roller body first and second ends, said roller traversing drive mechanism and said roller rotary drive mechanism being supported on said first and second pivotable levers for movement of each of said roller body, said roller traversing drive mechanism and said roller rotary drive mechanism in a direction which is perpendicular to said axis of rotation of said roller body.