Patent ID: 7337721
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for adjusting a die of a printing press, comprising: a chase defining a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, wherein the chase comprises first and second vertical ends and first and second horizontal ends; a die frame slidably secured to the chase to allow sliding adjustment of the die frame along the chase from the first vertical end to the second vertical end and from the first horizontal end to the second horizontal end; at least one horizontal guide secured with the chase and at least one vertical guide secured in the chase, the at least one horizontal guide and the at least one vertical guide slidably connected to the die frame to slidably secure the die frame to the chase and to permit the die frame to be slidably positioned along both the at least one horizontal guide and the at least one vertical guide; a horizontal mount coupled to the at least one horizontal guide; a vertical mount coupled to the at least one vertical guide; a horizontal guide block movably secured to the chase to slide along the horizontal axis; and at least one of a coarse vertical adjustment mechanism and a coarse horizontal adjustment mechanism; and at least one of a fine vertical adjustment mechanism and a fine horizontal adjustment mechanism; wherein the coarse vertical adjustment mechanism and/or fine vertical adjustment mechanism is coupled to the vertical mount and the coarse horizontal adjustment and/or fine horizontal adjustment mechanism is coupled to the horizontal mount.