Modified printing press

An inking system for an offset printing press, said press having a frame with a stationary portion, with said stationary portion having plural individual components each being spaced apart, and a movable portion of said press frame having plural individual components spaced apart and interleaved with said components of said fixed portion, said movable portion of said press frame including a distribution head which is movable toward and away from a roller used in said printing press, a plurality of hinge pins forming the pivot axis of said components movable relative to each other, each of said stationary components having at least one portion permitting ink flow from an ink supply, each of said hinge pins having at least one hollow end portion communicating axially with one of said portions permitting ink flow, each of said hinge pins also having a radial passage for ink, communicating with a radial passage in said movable component of said press frame, whereby said ink may pass from said stationary portion of said press to said movable portion of said press, and whereby said ink may be supplied to said distribution head during change of the relative positions of said stationary and movable parts of said inking system;

• and an ink reservoir, plural ink outlets, one outlet for each column of print to be inked, said system including plural separate individual passages, each of said passages including a vertically extending portion communicating at one end with said reservoir, a horizontally extending portion forming the uppermost extent of the passage, and a portion extending downwardly from said horizontally extending portion, and a freely removable connection of said downwardly extending portion to plural tubes on the body of said press, said tubes extending downwardly and communicating with at least one ink passage leading to said column, said freely removable connection being constructed and arranged so as to permit ready vertical removal of said reservoir.