Patent ID: 7146907

Claim:
A printing press comprising: a support frame; a support shaft having a first end fixedly attached to the support frame, the support shaft arranged to define a longitudinal axis relative to the support frame; a cylinder, the cylinder having a cylinder bore formed therethrough; and a bearing assembly having an outer circumference and an inner bore, wherein the outer circumference slideably accepts the cylinder bore and the inner bore rotatably engages the support shaft, the bearing assembling including: an adjustment assembly including a first tapered portion and a second tapered portion, the first and second tapered portions cooperate to permit angular adjustment of the cylinder relative to the longitudinal axis of the support shaft, the angular adjustment of the cylinder being about an axis perpendicular to the support shaft longitudinal axis; and wherein the bearing assembly includes a race mounted to the shaft, a ring assembly mounted to the race, and a bearing set surrounding the ring assembly, the ring assembly and the race cooperating to permit the bearing assembly and hence the cylinder to pivot about the axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the support shaft.