Patent ID: 6716148
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: B41F,B41N,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
An anilox roller body having two ends, said body adapted to being joined with grasping devices from a group comprised of journals, headers and end caps inserted into said ends, comprising:a hollow carbon fiber tube having an exterior surface, an interior surface, and two opposite ends; a metal sleeve having an external surface, an interior surface, and two opposite ends, said sleeve being positioned over and joined to said carbon fiber tube, wherein said metal sleeve interior surface abuts said carbon fiber tube exterior surface, said metal sleeve exterior surface being adapted for anilox machining; an expansion joint comprising: each carbon fiber tube end terminating before each metal sleeve end; a metal sleeve interior surface portion at each end not engaged by said carbon fiber tube exterior surface, each said portion being chamfered for engagement by a said grasping device inserted into each roller body end and engaging a portion of the carbon fiber tube interior surface, a said carbon fiber tube end, and a said portion of the metal sleeve interior surface; wherein each said grasping device has a notch about a circumferential perimeter where the grasping device meets the carbon fiber tube end and a beginning of the metal sleeve interior surface chamfer.