Patent ID: 7036429
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: B41F,B41N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A transfer cylinder sleeve in an offset printing machine, the offset printing machine having a transfer cylinder and a plate cylinder, the plate cylinder having a tension channel, wherein the transfer cylinder sleeve comprises: an inner carrier layer mountable onto the transfer cylinder, said carrier layer being expandable by compressed air; a compressible layer mounted on said carrier layer, said compressible layer defining air spaces therein; a cover layer being compressible and mounted on said compressible layer, said cover layer being less compressible than the compressible layer, one of said inner carrier layer, said compressible layer, and said cover layer comprising a joint or gap along a longitudinal length thereof; and a registration device arranged on an inner surface of said carrier layer engagable with the transfer cylinder, whereby said carrier layer is fixable to the transfer cylinder at a register position and said joint is alignable to roll on the tension channel of the plate cylinder.