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Mandrel with multiple locking heads

US4917013A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 31, 1988
Grant dateApr 17, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 31, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2404/136
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A mandrel for supporting printing sleeves and the like comprising a hollow cylinder with a multiplicity of expansion chambers axially spaced along the cylinder at its outer surface. Each chamber is closed by an expansion sleeve and connected to a separately controlled hydraulic line allowing each sleeve to be expanded independently of the others.

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