Patent ID: 8915185

Claim:
An assembly for axially aligning a print die, the assembly comprising: (a) an axle; (b) first and second expandable force rings, said rings receiving the axle; (c) a roll having a circumferential outer surface and a hollow bore, said bore receiving the axle and the first and second expandable force rings; (d) loading means connected operatively to the axle, the loading means being adapted for outwardly compressing the first and second expandable force rings against the roll's hollow bore for resisting movement of the roll with respect to the axle, and alternatively for inwardly decompressing the first and second expandable force rings from the roll's hollow bore for permitting such movement, the loading means comprising a plurality of drive sleeves mounted over the axle, the drive sleeves being arranged therealong in an alternating series with the expandable force rings; and (e) print die mounting means fixedly attached to the roll's outer circumferential surface, the print die mounting means being adapted for attaching the print die to the roll's outer circumferential surface, wherein the drive sleeves have axial and oppositely axial ends, said ends having beveled outer surfaces for wedge actuating engagements with the expandable force rings' beveled inner surfaces.