Patent ID: 6647879
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B41F,B41P,Y10T

Abstract:
A sleeve assembly adapted to be mounted on a mandrel comprising:a tubular sleeve having a pair of ends and inner and outer surfaces, a ring secured to the inner surface of the sleeve adjacent one end thereof, the ring having an inside surface with a contact portion which is adapted to locate a cylindrical mandrel extending through the ring, a clamp arm movably mounted on the ring, the clamp arm having a contact portion which is spaced from the contact portion of the ring and which is adapted to engage a mandrel extending through the ring, the clamp arm being movably mounted on the ring so that the contact portion of the clamp arm is movable toward the contact portion of the ring whereby a mandrel can be clamped with repeatable preload between the contact portions of the ring and the clamp arm.