Patent ID: 6782820
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: B41N

Abstract:
A cylindrical printing blanket comprising a seamless sleeve and a sheet-like blanket being bonded to an outer surface of said seamless sleeve,said sheet-like blanket comprising in order a first fabric layer having a thickness in the range of 0.1 to 1.5 mm, a compressive layer, a fabric layer having a thickness in the range of 0.1 to 1.5 mm, and a surface printing layer, with said sheet-like blanket being bonded to a thread layer spirally wound on an adhesive elastomer layer around said seamless sleeve, wherein said thread layer is wound on said sleeve mounted on a cylinder having a diameter that is 0.05% to 1.0% smaller that the diameter of a cylinder of a printing press upon which said cylindrical printing blanket is to be mounted, with the diameter of said sleeve being equal to or slightly smaller than the diameter of said cylinder of said printing press.