Patent ID: 6886458

Claim:
In a satellite-type printing press where blanket cylinders ( 18 ) of a plurality of printing units ( 14 ) are provided in satellite-like manner around common pressure cylinder ( 10 ) of relatively large diameter and cylinder axes ( 20 ) of said blanket cylinders ( 18 ) are supported by eccentric bearing means ( 26 ) in order to adjust the distance from the center of said common pressure cylinder ( 10 ) to that of said blanket cylinders ( 18 ); apparatus for adjusting printing pressure comprising; primary axis ( 28 ) which penetrates through the center of said common pressure cylinder ( 10 ) and is supported independently from said cylinder ( 10 ), wheel ( 34 ) which is fixed to the end of said primary axis ( 28 ), linking means ( 36 ) one end of which is connected to said wheel ( 34 ) and the other end to said eccentric bearing means ( 26 ), and drive means ( 40 ) for rotating said wheel ( 34 ).