Patent ID: 8222168
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: B41N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A printing blanket intended for mounting on a rotating supporting cylinder of a printing machine, which comprises a composite structure having, from the exterior to the interior juxtapose to the cylinder, a printing layer, a fabric layer, a compressible layer, multilayers having a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a protective layer, wherein the protective layer is interior of the leading and trailing edges, said protective layer is adapted for direct contact with the supporting cylinder, said leading edge and said trailing edge adapted for engagement in an axial fixing gap of the supporting cylinder, the trailing and leading edges having a smaller thickness than the combination of the printing layer, fabric layer, and compressible layer, each of said leading edge and trailing edge being longer in the rotating direction of the cylinder than said printing layer, fabric layer, compressible layer, and protective layer.