Patent ID: 7938063

Claim:
A liquid supply apparatus, comprising: a plate cylinder having a plate material, which has a small hole group for liquid supply formed in a circumferential surface of the plate material and which is supported rotatably, and a squeegee contacting an inner peripheral surface of the plate material; a rotating body supported rotatably to oppose an outer peripheral surface of the plate material at a position where the squeegee contacts the inner peripheral surface of the plate material; a material to be supplied with a liquid, the material being supplied with the liquid, which has been stored within the plate material, by the squeegee via the small hole group of the plate material; and liquid guide means for guiding a surplus of the liquid, which is not supplied to the small hole group of the plate material by the squeegee, to the small hole group of the plate material, wherein the plate material has a plurality of the small hole groups with predetermined spacing provided in a cylinder axis direction of the plate cylinder, and the liquid guide means has a plurality of guide portions, the guide portions facing and corresponding to the small hole groups.