Sleeve on a drum and changing said sleeve

US7171139B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Andreas Nagy · Munich, DE
• Christian Compera · Sonneberg, DE
• Udo Draeger · Speyer, DE
• Torsten Ramm · Kiel, DE
• Adolf Phillip Greiner · Sinsheim, DE
• Edwin Mathes · Wiesloch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 2004
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2007
• Expiry date: Apr 26, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49558
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In replacing a sleeve on a printing machine drum, the diameter of the drum is reduced by moving the drum parts toward one another to facilitate removing the sleeve, and/or mounting another sleeve onto the drum, and increasing the drum diameter by moving the drum parts away from one another.