Patent ID: 7401554

Claim:
A sub-frame for use with a frame of a printing press, the frame of the printing press having cylinder mounting bores, the sub-frame comprising: a first sub-frame side having a plurality of bores and mountable to the printing press frame; a second sub-frame side having a plurality of bores and mountable to the printing press frame spaced from the first sub-frame side, each bore of the first sub-frame side and a corresponding one of the bores of the second sub-frame side alignable along a common bore axis to support a printing cylinder; at least some of the bores of the first and second sub-frame sides disposed on the sub-frame sides so as to be offset relative to a pair of aligned mounting bores on the printing press frame when the first sub-frame side and the second sub-frame side are mounted to the printing press frame; and at least one of the bores of the first and second sub-frame sides disposed on the sub-frame sides is arranged relative to at least one of the mounting bores on the printing press frame so as to permit a drive end of the printing cylinder to extend through the at least one bore on the sub-frame and the at least one mounting bore on the printing press frame when the printing cylinder is mounted to the sub-frame.