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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8075465 | Roller assembly with an eccentric expandable cover retaining ring and a method of manufacturing the roller assembly A roller assembly for a production machine having an inner wheel base capable of attachment to the driving axle of a production machine and an expandable outer ring which is cooperatively connectable to the inner wheel base is disclosed. The circumference of the exp... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7871361 | Rotating roller to shape moving webs A rotating roller imparts complex curvature onto a web of material. The roller includes a flexible outer surface and a plurality of control rings inside the rotating roller. The control rings are mounted coaxial to a central shaft and are disposed side by side along... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7867155 | Expander roller A roller for a web-processing machine, the roller having a support core, which is braced in the region of both its ends via a respective bearing arrangement, and an outer covering, which in its axially central region is mounted in a radially fixed manner in relation... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7275632 | Roller conveyor roller, especially for the transport of furnace-heated metallic strip material A roller conveyor roller for furnace-heated metal strip has a roller shell journaled on a shaft with bearings providing thermal and electrical insulation of the shell from the shaft. The shell can be divided into shell segments each of which can have two bearings. O... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7140568 | Multi-sided shaft for a crusher A shredder, crusher, hammermill, ringmill or the like is provided with a multi-sided rotor shaft to which spider arms and hammers are mounted. The rotor shaft has at least one pair, and preferably two or more pairs, of opposing sides. The hammers are pivotally mount... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6827677 | Rollers or cylinders with a metallic foam core Rollers and cylinders that are useable in a rotary printing presses are made using hollow tubular casings having metallic foam cores. The casings and cores are made separately. The cores are then placed inside the casing and the two are secured in a force-transmitti... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6684783 | Method for imaging a media sleeve on a computer-to-plate imaging machine A computer-to-plate method and apparatus is described for imaging media sleeves by employing a laser-based imaging head in conjunction with a two stage mandrel comprising an expandable arbor and an intermediate sleeve. Most of the bulk of the mandrel is c... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6666804 | Two stage clamping pinion A pinion for mounting rolls thereupon for reducing rod or wire in a rolling mill wherein said pinion has a pair of hydraulic pressure chambers formed therein which cause a threaded plug in a cavity in said pinion to undergo lateral movement to expand the ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6546867 | Variable-diameter cylindrically-shaped body A variable-diameter cylindrically-shaped body includes a plurality of first tapered elements and a plurality of second tapered elements interacting with the first tapered elements and movable axially with respect to the first tapered elements. The first a... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6526795 | Expanding spline drive for high torque An expanding hub assembly for a capstan drive for a steel mill comprising a modified spline having a large cylindrical surface area for mating with an installed mill roll. The cylindrical surface is interspersed with a series of evenly spaced shallow axia... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6382837 | Device and method for holding a drum in a printer or copier A device and a method for the holding of a drum in a printer or copier. A star-shaped spring intercepting the differing longitudinal expansions of photoconductor drum and a shaft is arranged between an outer ring bearing the drum and an inner ring.... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6123285 | Expandable fiber core insert A device for mounting a roll of material that includes a fiber core around which the material is placed. The device includes a lightweight, polymeric collett that is inserted into the fiber core. The polymeric collett has a plurality of individual segment... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6110093 | Variable diameter roller The present invention is related to a roller having a mantle. The mantle is expandable in a radial direction to allow for changes in diameter of the roller. The mantle of tubular shape is provided with a pattern of openings along its circumference.... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6024838 | Calender for paper and the like A calender for a sheet material, e.g., paper, having at least two treatment stations through which the sheet material passes in succession. To regulate a desired parameter of the sheet material, each treatment station may include a plurality of adjacently... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5803235 | Idler roller conversion system with impact shell A roller arrangement for use in a conveyance system includes a generally cylindrical roller body which has a pre-determined diameter, an outer surface, and a central passage. A shaft extends through the central passage, the roller body is rotatable about ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5583624 | Device for the releasable fastening of a fixing drum to bearing flanges of a fixing station in an electrophotographic printer or copier apparatus A device for the releasable fastening of a fixing drum on a bearing flange of a fixing station in an electrophotographic printer or copier apparatus has a cone-shaped spreader element allocated to the bearing flange and also has a resiliently designed rec... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5522785 | Infinitely variable diameter roller A roller assembly for guiding webs and removing wrinkles includes an outer cylindrical surface that is supported on a shaft about which it can rotate. Portions of the outer diameter of the outer cylindrical surface can expand and contract radially using a... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5313883 | Printing press with a dynamic expansion band adjusting mechanism A self-locking mechanism (10) for selectively dynamically adjusting expansion bands (12) of a running cylinder (11) of a rotary printing press during rotation includes a cylindrical adjustment member (30, 72) with a diameter substantially the same as the ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5151737 | Photoconductive drum having expandable mount A photoconductive drum has a flexible photoconductive loop and an expandable mount. The mount includes a shell with a slit allowing the shell to expand. A pair of wedges are moved toward each other on a shaft. Cam surfaces on the wedges push against chamf... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5142758 | Transport roller for paper sheets For the transport of widths or sheets of paper, a roller is disclosed which comprises a bushing (1), which is surrounded by an elastic cylindrical casing. The bushing has a coaxial bore into which a shaft (3) is pressed. The bore of the bushing (1), which... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5141601 | Press roll with wedge clamp for the press-jacket edges The press roll cooperates with a counter roll to form a press with a long nip for paper or board machines. The press roll has two end walls; a flexible jacket secured to the end walls; and support members for the end walls. The end walls have bearings for... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5138923 | Rotary die cutter A rotatable cylinder to which is secured a unitary sleeve having cutting lands for cutting and creasing sheet material such as paper and cardboard. The sleeve is secured to the cylinder to prevent relative movement during the cutting process.... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5109585 | Roll for a roll stand having an exchangeable roll ring and a divided roll body Roll for a roll stand having an exchangeable roll ring and a divided roll body, the two parts of which each form a tensioning flange and are interconnected by a central tensile connection. An axial tensioning device is provided which comprises a threaded ... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5098523 | Press roll with wedge clamp for the press jacket edges The press roll cooperates with a counter roll to form a press with a long nip for paper or board machines. The press roll has two end walls; a flexible jacket secured to the end walls; and support members for the end walls. The end walls have bearings for... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5027491 | Roller A crusher roller having a pair of roll hubs mounted on a shaft. Each hub has an external taper on its radially outer surface and an annular recess in each end adjacent to the inner surface. A shrink disc with an internal taper on the inner surface is posi... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4949445 | Fitted sleeve on a roller core Disclosed is a process for fitting a cylindrical sleeve around a cylindrical core. The core is covered with a layer of compressible material. Upon mounting a pressurized medium is fed between the inner surface of the sleeve and the outer surface of the co... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4941250 | Roller for pressure treatment of a continuous web of material A hydraulically supported roller comprises a hollow cylinder that rotates about a stationary cross-head. Cylindrical recesses are radially disposed in the cross-head. Piston-like supporting plungers are displaceable in the recesses against the inner circu... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4800644 | Method for fastening or loosening a clamp unit The clamp apparatus transmits torque forces between a shaft and a hub. The clamp apparatus comprises conical rings, each having a conical surface together with a cylindrical inner or outer circumferential surface. The conical rings are drawn together by a... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4787955 | Application roller for a labelling device An application roller (212) for a labelling device for applying self-adhesive labels comprises a cylindrical inner sleeve (211). It further comprises a cylindrical outer sleeve (212) whose internal diameter is greater than the external diameter of the inn... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4660268 | Rolling mill roll assembly A rolling mill roll assembly having a cemented carbide work roll mounted on a tapered rolling mill arbor is described. The roll is held nonrotational with respect to the arbor by a split metallic ring member which is forced into pressurized abutment with ... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4624184 | Annular expansible heads for a printing cylinder assembly A printing cylinder is supported and located by dual annular hydraulically-expansible heads carried by a shaft and adjustable axially thereof and which are inserted into the printing cylinder and then expanded inwardly into locking engagement with the sha... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4545425 | Mounting device The present invention relates to a device for mounting an outer jacket (4) on a roller-shaped body (1, 2, 3) for forming an annular space (5) between the outer jacket (4) and the roller-shaped body (1, 2, 3). The basis of the present invention resides in ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4503769 | Metal coated thin wall plastic printing cylinder for rotogravure printing A lightweight, thin walled, plural metal coated plastic sleeve for use in rotogravure or flexographic printing as well as a rotogravure printing cylinder are disclosed. The sleeve is supported internally and laterally by, for example, an expanding mandrel... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4498527 | Heat-exchanging roller A heat exchanging roller has an inner and an outer generally cylindrical casing with an annular space defined between them through which the heat exchanging medium passes. Sealing rings are disposed at the ends of the roller and bound the annular space. S... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4448554 | Sheet feeding apparatus having an expansible periphery An apparatus having a track for guiding a sheet therealong and means for feeding a sheet along the track. The feeding means includes a rotatable member having a shaft mounted for rotation, with the rotatable member having a driving periphery extending int... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4441426 | Printing apparatus Printing apparatus is disclosed comprising a rotatably mounted hub, a plurality of carriages circumferentially spaced around the hub, each carriage being adapted to support a printing blanket. Each carriage is movable with respect to the hub upon actuatio... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4423541 | Rolling mill roll A rolling mill roll having adjustable axial compliance is formed by a sleeve in the bore of which is located a stiffening arbor. The arbor is an interference fit with the bore of the sleeve over a limited central part of the roll but on each side of that ... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4343011 | Facsimile apparatus A facsimile system has improved features for receiving copy medium and for printing. The system has a cylindrical rotatably driven drum that has an expansion device that allows the drum to expand its effective diameter. When the unit is used as a receiver... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4253392 | Hollow fuser roll with variable taper An electrophotographic copier machine with a roll fuser where one of the mating rolls is comprised of a thin outer shell which takes a variable taper so that a concave shape is produced under high humidity conditions and a relatively straight roller is pr... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4241659 | Sheet transfer apparatus for rotary printing machines having serially arranged printing stations To permit reversal of sheets having extended length, a sheet storage or sheet transfer drum in engagement with a sheet reversal drum is formed with a sheet displacement apparatus located on the sheet storage drum rearwardly--with respect to the direction ... | 12/30/1980 |
