Patent ID: 9409385
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B41F,B41N

Claim Text:
1. An intermediate sleeve adapted to be mounted on a print cylinder; said sleeve comprising a generally cylindrical tube having an inner surface, an outer surface, and first and second ends; said sleeve including a base layer, a polymeric reinforcing layer over said base layer including an upper surface and a lower surface, a barrier layer over said reinforcing layer, and a surface layer; said sleeve further including at least one air channel along the longitudinal length of the interior of said sleeve formed by removal of a portion of said upper surface of said reinforcing layer with said barrier layer forming an upper wall for said at least one air channel, at least one air passageway extending from said inner surface into said air channel such that said at least one air channel is in communication with said at least one air passageway, and a plurality of orifices extending radially outward from said at least one air channel to said outer surface of said sleeve, wherein said orifices are provided at intervals along the longitudinal length of said sleeve.