US 12,265,352 B2
Printing drum mounting system
Israel Katz, Nes Ziona (IL); Sergey Guralnik, Nes Ziona (IL); and Avi Barazani, Nes Ziona (IL)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/346,424.
Application 18/346,424 is a continuation of application No. 17/777,921, previously published as PCT/US2019/066189, filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0341805 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/757 (2013.01) [G03G 15/751 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing drum mounting system comprising:
a rotatable shaft;
a first mount and a second mount arrangeable on the shaft to receive a printing drum therebetween, wherein the first mount is to contact a first end surface of the printing drum and the second mount is to contact a second end surface of the printing drum; and
a flexure to flexibly engage the first mount and the shaft, the flexure to provide the first mount with a single degree of freedom of axial movement relative to the shaft and to maintain contact between the first mount and the printing drum as the printing drum thermally expands and contracts during a printing operation, wherein the flexure includes:
a first flexure plate arranged between the first mount and the second mount; and
a second flexure plate arranged on an exterior surface of the first mount,
wherein the first flexure plate and the second flexure plate bend axially away from the second mount from a first orientation to a second orientation when a temperature of the printing drum increases during the printing operation.