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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsAlan B. Mistrater, Stanley J. Pietrzykowski, Alfred O. Klein, Loren E. Hendrix, Mark Petropoulos, Paul L. Jacobs, Gary A. Batt, Eugene A. Swain, Alexander A. Antonelli
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A mandrel for transporting hollow cylinders including an elongated arm having a first end and a second end, an expandable disk supported at the first end and means supported at the second end to expand the expandable disk, the mandrel arm comprising an elongated body having an imaginary axis and at least three fins extending substantially radially from the arm, each of the fins having an alignment shoulder adjacent the first end adapted to receive an end of a hollow cylinder and to coaxially align the cylinder with the elongated arm. This mandrel is used in a process for coating hollow cylinders.
A mandrel for transporting hollow electrostatographic drums comprising an elongated arm having a first end and a second end, an expandable disk shaped member supported at said first end and means supported at said second end to expand said expandable disk, said mandrel arm comprising an elongated body having an imaginary axis and at least three fins extending substantially radially from said body, each of said fins having an alignment shoulder adjacent said first end adapted to receive an end of a hollow cylinder and to coaxially align said cylinder with said elongated arm, said elongated body and said fins occupying less than about 25 percent of the internal cross-sectional area of said cylinder and at least.
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