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Method of making compressible printing roller

US4378622A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 17, 1981
Grant dateApr 5, 1983
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Expiry dateAug 17, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49872
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A compressible printing roller and method of making the same are provided wherein such roller comprises a central support, a tubular inner layer carried by the support and made of a microporous rubber material having cavities interconnected by passages, and a tubular outer layer disposed around the inner layer and made of a nonporous polymeric material with the layers cooperating to assure the roller provides optimum contact between the roller and material being coated thereby at comparatively small nip pressures.

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