Patent ID: 6915739

Claim:
A drive mechanism for a printing press comprising: a forme cylinder having a cylinder axis of rotation and being supported for movement in a direction of said cylinder axis of rotation to adjust a lateral register of said forme cylinder in the printing press; a drive motor adapted to drive said forme cylinder for rotation about said forme cylinder axis of rotation, said drive motor being fixed in said direction of said cylinder axis of rotation; a coupling arranged between, and coupling said drive motor and said forme cylinder; at least two multi-disk packets in said coupling; and at least first and second end flanges in said coupling, said at least two multi-disk packets each being positively connected with one of said end flanges, said coupling having a length in said axial direction of said forme cylinder, said length being changeable, said changeable axial length of said coupling accommodating for said axial movement of said forme cylinder with respect to said drive motor to adjust said lateral register of said forme cylinder.