Patent ID: 9120301
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B31F,B41F

Abstract:
1. A roll for supporting at least a first flexible printing, embossing, or sheet cutting plate, the roll having a rotational axis and an outer circumferential surface, the roll comprising: (a) a first body segment comprising a slide plate having an outer radial surface curved about the rotational axis; (b) a second body segment comprising a cylindrical body having an outer surface curved about the rotational axis, the cylindrical body having an outwardly opening channel having a floor, the slide plate being received within the outwardly opening channel; (c) a first plurality of magnet receiving concavities formed in the outer radial surface of the slide plate and a first plurality of magnets mounted within said concavities, said the first plurality of concavities opening at the slide plate's outer radial surface and the first plurality of magnets emitting plate attaching magnetic flux from the slide plate's outer radial surface, the outer radial surface having portions located between respective pairs of concavities; (d) a second plurality of magnet receiving concavities and a second plurality of magnets received within the second plurality of concavities, the second plurality of magnets further emitting plate attaching magnetic flux from the cylindrical body's outer surface; (e) a plurality of plate edge aligning pins, each plate edge aligning pin being fixedly attached to and extending outwardly from the outer radial surface; and (f) segment positioning cam, axle, and socket combinations, each of said combinations' sockets opening at one of the portions of the outer radial surface, each of said combinations operatively interconnecting the slide plate and the cylindrical body and each of said combinations being adapted for selectively positioning and repositioning the slide plate in unison with the first plurality of magnet receiving concavities, in unison with the first plurality of magnets, and in unison with the plate edge aligning pins, said selective positioning and repositioning comprising movements of the slide plate with respect to the cylindrical body.