Mimeographic printing machine

A mimeographic printing machine comprising:

• a rotary plate cylinder with an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface adapted to support a stencil thereon, said plate cylinder having a perforation adapted to pass ink therethrough, a non-perforation portion for preventing passage of ink and, a clamping portion formed on the non-perforation portion for holding an edge of the stencil, said plate cylinder being rotatable with the stencil supported thereon;
• means for supplying the ink to the inner circumferential of said plate
• a squeegee movably received in said plate cylinder, said squeegee contacting the inner circumferential of said plate cylinder for a predetermined length starting from an edge of the non-perforation portion before the perforation and ending at the perforation immediately before the non-perforation portion, said squeegee being operable for squeezing the ink from said supplying means toward the outer circumferential surface of said plate cylinder through said perforation of said plate cylinder;
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• a rod shaped member rotatably received in said plate cylinder, means to fix said rod shaped member relative to said squeegee and in front of said squeegee in the rotating direction of said plate cylinder at a predetermined distance away from the squeegee, said means to fix allowing said rod shaped member and said squeegee to be movable together with respect to the plate cylinder, said means to fix further locating said rod shaped member substantially parallel to both said squeegee and the surface of said plate cylinder and at a predetermined distance away from the inner circumferential surface of the plate cylinder when the squeegee contacts the inner circumferential surface so that the rod shaped member distributes the ink to the squeegee smoothly and effectively throughout the entire length of the squeegee.