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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1995
Frank A Balow, Western Springs, IL (US);
Rockwell International Corporation, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A mounting apparatus for a printing cylinder in a printing press is provided. The apparatus includes a tapered bearing housing sleeve 12 adapted for axial insertion into, and retraction out of, a tapered bore 30 formed in a support frame 20 for the printing cylinder. The tapered bearing housing sleeve 12 has an outer circumferential surface 26 which is generally conically shaped forming only part of a cone and an inner core which has a cylindrically shaped bore 34 disposed therein. The tapered bearing housing sleeve 12 has an end with a flanged tip 32 for limiting the axial movement of the tapered housing sleeve within the tapered bore 30. The mounting apparatus further includes a generally annular-shaped bearing 14 which is disposed within the cylindrically shaped bore 34 of the tapered bearing housing sleeve 12. The generally annular-shaped bearing 14 is defined by an inner ring 38 and an outer ring 40 and a plurality of anti-friction elements 42 disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring.