Card printing machine and type inking apparatus

Claim 1

IN A CARD PRINTING AND TYPE INKING APPARATUS, IN COMBINATION, SUPPORT MEANS INCLUDING A TYPE SUPPORTING BED, PARALLEL TRACK MEANS MOUNTED ON THE SUPPORT MEANS AT EDGE REGIONS OF THE TYPE SUPPORTING BED, A PRINTING CARRIAGE MOUNTED ON THE TRACK MEANS FOR RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT OVER THE TYPE SUPPORTING BED, CARD CLAMPING MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT ONE END REGION OF THE TYPE SUPPORTION BED, A TYPE INKING CARRIAGE MOUNTED ON SAID TRACK MEANS FOR RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT INDEPENDENTLY OF THE PRINTING CARRIAGE OVER SAID TYPE SUPPORTING BED, A PLURALITY OF ROTATABLE TYPE-ENGAGING INKING ROLLS CARRIED BY SAID INKING CARRIAGE, AN INK SUPPLY ROLL JOURNALLY MOUNTED ON THE SUPPORT MEANS, MOTIVE MEANS, DRIVE MEANS CONNECTING THE MOTIVE MEANS WITH THE INK SUPLY ROLL FOR ROTATING THE INK SUPPLY ROLL, SAID TYPE-ENGAGING INKING ROLLS BEING DISPOSED TO SUCCESSIVELY ENGAGE THE SURFACE OF THE INK SUPPLY ROLL DURING RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT OF THE TYPE INKING CARRIAGE ADJACENT THE INK SUPPLY ROLL, AN INK DISTRIBUTING ROLL OF LESSER LENGTH THAN THE INK SUPPLY ROLL, A SHAFT SUPPORTING THE INK DISTRIBUTING ROLL FOR ROTATABLE MOVEMENT, SAID INK DISTRIBUTING ROLL BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH THE INK SUPPLY ROLL TO EFFECT ROTATION OF THE INK DISTRIBUTING ROLL, SAID SHAFT HAVING A MULTIPLE RETURN GROOVE THEREIN, AND MEANS CARRIED BY THE INK DISTRIBUTING ROLL ENGAGING IN SAID GROOVE TO EFFECT RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT OF THE INK DISTRIBUTING ROLL LENGTHWISE OF THE SHAFT DURING ROTATION OF THE INK DISTRIBUTING ROLL.