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US 2020/0039276 A1Published application
Printing blanket and printing method
AssigneeShuhou Co., Ltd.
InventorKouji MURAOKA
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Abstract
Provided are a printing blanket and a printing method that enable printing on a printing member having a curved surface at an edge. The printing blanket includes a base member made of an elastic material having a three-dimensional shape with a recessed portion or a hole portion in a center of the base member and a ridge line surrounding the recessed portion or the hole portion, and a printing surface arranged on a surface of the base member on an outer side from the ridge line.
Claims6
A printing blanket, comprising:
- a base member made of an elastic material having a three-dimensional shape with a recessed portion or a hole portion in a center of the base member and a ridge line surrounding the recessed portion or the hole portion;
- and
- a printing surface arranged on a surface of the base member on an outer side from the ridge line,
- the base member comprising an inner layer and an outer coating layer,
- the outer coating layer having a sheet shape, being bonded to a surface of the inner layer, and being made of a material having a hardness equal to or more than a hardness of the inner layer.
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A printing method, comprising:
- pressing, against a printing original plate having an ink arranged on the printing original plate, a printing surface arranged on a surface of a base member made of an elastic material having a three-dimensional shape with a recessed portion or a hole portion in a center of the base member and a ridge line surrounding the recessed portion or the hole portion, the surface of the base member being on an outer side from the ridge line;
- and
- transferring the ink to a curved surface portion of a printing member having a flat surface and a curved surface in an edge portion of the flat surface by pressing the printing surface against the curved surface portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.