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US 2016/0297637 A1Published application
Spindle
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRaimon Castells De Monet, Jose Antonio Alvarez Tapia, David Claramunt Morera
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a roll spindle comprises two roll supports and a differential.
Claims13
Roll spindle, comprising
- an axis of rotation,
- two roll supports extending along the axis of rotation, and
- a differential arranged to distribute a torque to each of the supports, wherein an outer dimension of the differential is equal to or less than an outer dimension of the supports so that a roll can slide over the differential.
A method of processing rolls, comprising
- in a first action, mounting multiple rolls onto a spindle having multiple supports, so that each roll is supported by a respective one of the supports, and
- using a differential to simultaneously drive the supports so that each support has an equal torque.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.