Patent ID: 7270057

Claim:
In a printing press, an adjustment system for positioning a rolling element relative to a first cylinder having a first outer diameter and relative to at least a second cylinder adapted to replace the first cylinder and having a second outer diameter different than the first outer diameter, the adjustment system comprising: an actuating member operable to displace the rolling element relative to the first cylinder, the actuating member having first and second ends, the first end being pivotally connected to a frame of the printing press and the second end being mechanically linked to the rolling element, the actuating member providing sufficient displacement to bring the rolling element into contact with the first cylinder such that a predetermined contact pressure therebetween is reached; the actuating member also being operable to bring the rolling element into contact with the second cylinder such that the predetermined contact pressure therebetween is reached; and wherein the actuating member includes first and second independently controllable adjustment mechanisms, the first adjustment mechanism providing the sufficient displacement to bring the rolling element into contact with one of the first and second cylinders, while the second adjustment mechanism maintains a part of the actuating member at a predetermined length such that the predetermined contact pressure is reached, the second adjustment mechanism being operable to retract the part of the actuating membet from the predetermined length such as to temporarily disengage the rolling element from the one of the first and second cylinders, the second adjustment mechanism being operable to return the part of the actuating member to the predetermined length to re-engage the rolling element with the one of the first and second cylinders, thereby re-establishing the predetermined contact pressure therebetween without operating the first adjustment mechanism.