Manipulation of printing blankets
US6308629A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 24, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 24, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41F30/04
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A container for a printing blanket comprises a cassette of dimensions sufficient at least to contain a printing blanket in wound form. The cassette comprising a casing of generally cylindrical shape having a longitudinal opening for sheet-form egression of a printing blanket from within the cassette. In one preferred embodiment, the cassette has a pressure slide attached to or integral therewith adjacent to the longitudinal opening, for pressing a printing blanket on a press cylinder when the blanket is fed onto the cylinder. The cassette is employed in the manipulation of large adhesive-backed printing blankets for web-feed offset printing presses.
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