Patent ID: 7316183

Claim:
Sleeve with multiple layer construction for printing presses having a king rolls designed as air cylinders, the sleeve comprising an inner tube of reversibly expandable plastic material, an inner diameter of which is smaller than an outer diameter of the king roll; an elastic, compressible intermediate layer that accommodates radial expansion of the inner tube during mounting or dismounting of the sleeve; an outer layer; and a support structure integrated into the sleeve construction between the inner tube and the outer layer, which completely penetrates the compressible intermediate layer in at least one location in a radial direction and stabilises the outer layer relative to the inner tube in a circumferential direction and/or the radial direction, wherein the support structure comprises radial struts distributed circumferentially in a symmetrical manner, wherein the compressible layer is intermitted by radial holes and the support structure is provided in the radial holes and partially bridges the compressible layer.