Activation device for a printing blanket and printing method using a printing blanket
AssigneeShuhou Co., Ltd.
InventorKouji MURAOKA
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Abstract
Provided is an activation device for a printing blanket and a printing method using a printing blanket that enable a surface of an absorber to be constantly kept clean to enable proper activation of a surface of the printing blanket. The activation device for a printing blanket includes a storage tank having a box shape, the absorber mounted on the storage tank, and a liquid stored in the storage tank. The absorber includes layers of absorbing members and absorbs the liquid from an absorber lower part, and an uppermost layer of the absorber is peelable from the absorber.
Claims10
An activation device for a printing blanket, comprising:
- a storage tank having a box shape;
- an absorber mounted on the storage tank;
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- a liquid stored in the storage tank,
- the absorber including layers of absorbing members and absorbing the liquid from an absorber lower part included in the absorber,
- the absorber including an uppermost layer that is peelable from the absorber, the uppermost layer being one of the absorbing members that is fed from a feed roll and taken up to a take-up roll.
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A printing method using a printing blanket, comprising:
- causing an ink to adhere to a printing original plate to form a predetermined printing pattern;
- pressing the printing blanket against the printing original plate having the ink so that the ink is transferred to the printing blanket;
- pressing the printing blanket having the transferred ink against a surface to be printed so that the transferred ink on the printing blanket is transferred to the surface to be printed;
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- pressing the printing blanket, after the ink is transferred to the surface to be printed, against a cleaning surface so that the ink remaining on the printing blanket adheres to the cleaning surface,
- the printing method further comprising:
- pressing the printing blanket, after the printing blanket is pressed against the cleaning surface, against an absorber including layers of absorbing members so that a part of a liquid permeating the absorber adheres to or permeates the printing blanket;
- and
- removing a surface of the absorber to change the surface to a new surface,
- the removing including taking up a part of one of the absorbing members positioned in an uppermost layer of the absorber to a take-up roll, and supplying an other part of the one of the absorbing members fed from a feed roll to the uppermost layer of the absorber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.