Patent ID: 6612214
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B26D,B41F,Y10T

Abstract:
A die cutter blanket for use with an anvil having a longitudinal axis about which the anvil rotates, the anvil having a channel in the surface thereof extending transverse to the axis, the blanket comprising:a plastic material sheet member lying in a plane and having first and second opposite ends, the sheet member for wrapping about the anvil with the ends abutting; a first projection depending from the first end and a second projection depending from the second end, the first and second projections each having a recess therein distal the plane, the recesses for forming a single complementary recess extending along the blanket ends and open at one recess side facing radially away from the plane of the sheet member with the ends abutting; and a first member attached to the blanket at the first end for forming a recess wall at said one recess side, the first member having an edge, a slot in the first member forming a through opening in said recess wall at said one recess side in communication with the recess and in communication with the edge.