Patent ID: 6732648
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: B41N,B41P

Abstract:
A printing blanket sleeve for mounting onto an underlying cylinder using a pressurized flow of air through at least one flow opening in said cylinder, said sleeve comprising a cylindrical base having first and second ends and at least one additional layer on said base having a printing surface, said base having an inside diameter that is less than the diameter of said underlying cylinder but which is expandable under the influence of pressurized air such that said inside diameter temporarily has a diameter that is greater than the diameter of said underlying cylinder, said printing blanket sleeve including a sound dampening pad mounted on at least one of said ends of said printing blanket sleeve for attenuating noise associated with the mounting and dismounting of said printing blanket sleeve, said sound dampening pad comprising a flexible material extending around substantially the inner circumference of said base and over said end of said printing blanket sleeve.