Patent ID: 7677173

Claim:
A blanket holding rail for the releasable attachment of a blanket ( 12 ) on a printing mechanism roll comprising: two holding limbs ( 13 a and 13 b ) having an elongated configuration and being joined together by way of a back portion ( 14 ) and between which the blanket ( 12 ) is clamped and fixed by means of additional securing means constituted by a claw means ( 16 ) which digs into the material of the blanket ( 12 ) for clamping the blanket ( 12 ) in a position that the blanket ( 12 ) is secured to avoid being pulled out athwart a longitudinal direction of the rail, wherein the claw means ( 16 ) comprises a plurality of claw teeth ( 17 ) arranged in a plurality of teeth groups ( 18 ) lying one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the rail and having a spacing between them, wherein the spacing between the teeth groups ( 18 ) is larger than a spacing between two adjacent claw teeth ( 17 ) provided in the same teeth group ( 18 ), and wherein adjacent teeth groups ( 18 ) of a respective holding limb ( 13 a , 13 b ) are arranged with an offset in height in relation to one another, whereas every other teeth groups ( 18 ) in the respective holding limb ( 13 a , 13 b ) are at the same height.