Patent ID: 6901857

Claim:
Assembly for an offset printing machine, comprising: a blanket unit comprising a blanket and a blanket support plate, the front edge and rear edge of the support plate being bent over in the region of a front bend and a rear bend, respectively, the rear edge of the support plate protruding beyond the rear edge of the blanket which is located adjacent to the rear bend, and a cylinder having an aperture for receiving the front edge and rear edge of the support plate, the cylinder comprising a device for fixing the blanket unit to the cylinder, the fixing device comprising at least one hook for tensioning the blanket unit, the hook being intended to be received in one of at least one openings of the rear edge of the support plate, which rear edge is inserted into the aperture, in order to apply to the support plate a tension load which is substantially parallel with the rear edge thereof, the assembly further comprising, at least one element for pressing on the front edge of the support plate to apply the front edge of the support plate against the front wall of the aperture, the pressing element belonging to the fixing device and being separate from the hook and the support plate, wherein the pressing element extends, in order to press on the front edge of the support plate, through one of the at least one openings.