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US 2011/0056396 A1Published application
Printing Blanket with Convex Carrier Layer
AssigneeGoss International Americas, Inc.
InventorsJames Brian Vrotacoe, Richard Karl Weiler, James Richard Belanger
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Abstract
An offset printing press is provided. The offset printing press includes an image cylinder, a blanket cylinder having an axially convex outer surface, and a printing blanket disposed over the axially convex outer surface, the printing blanket including a carrier sleeve layer having at least one axially convex surface. An axially profiled shim is also provided.
Claims5
An offset printing press comprising:
- an image cylinder,
- a blanket cylinder having an axially convex outer surface, and
- a printing blanket disposed over the axially convex outer surface, the printing blanket including a carrier sleeve layer having at least one axially convex surface.
An axially profiled shim for placement between a blanket cylinder and a blanket, the shim comprising:
- a shim body having an axially convex outer surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.