Patent ID: 9162439
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
1. A printing assembly comprising: (a) a clamping annulus having a tiered circumferential end, an axial end and an oppositely axial end, the clamping annulus's axial and oppositely axial ends having outside diameters, the axial end outside diameter having with respect to said oppositely axial end outside diameter an excess dimension defining a guide sleeve receiving space within the clamping annulus; (b) a cylinder having axial and oppositely axial ends, the cylinder's oppositely axial end having a plurality of plate mounting sockets, the cylinder further having a circumferential outer surface, and having a tiered inner wall, the tiered inner wall having axial and oppositely axial ends, the tiered inner wall's axial end overlying the clamping annulus's axial end, and the tiered inner wall's oppositely axial end overlying the clamping annulus's oppositely axial end, the clamping annulus's oppositely axial end underlying the plurality of plate mounting sockets; (c) a plurality of magnet receiving recesses, each recess among the plurality of magnet receiving recesses extending radially into the cylinder, and each recess among the plurality of magnet receiving recesses opening radially outward from the cylinder's circumferential outer surface; and (d) a multiplicity of permanent magnets, each magnet among the multiplicity of permanent magnets being embedded within one of the recesses among the plurality of magnet receiving recesses.