Printing blanket holding apparatus

Apparatus for holding an end portion of a printing blanket on an associated cylinder comprising;

• an elongate holding bar of roughly U-shaped cross-sectional outline having a pair of substantially equal length legs defining a channel for receiving said end portion of said blanket therewithin, said legs having planar outside surfaces, one of said legs having a projection extending perpendicularly from a terminal end portion of its planar outside surface, said projection having a lower portion of substantially U-shaped outline, and said projection having a bearing surface disposed perpendicular to said end portion of said blanket with said bearing surface being defined by a leg of the U-shaped outline of said lower portion;
• and a bar support for installation on said cylinder, said bar support having a roughly U-shaped cross-sectional outline and having a bight and a pair of parallel arms extending from opposite ends of said bight with said bight and arms defining a space in said bar support for receiving said holding bar therewithin, said bar support having a groove therein for receiving said projection therewithin, an extension shelf on said bar support extending outwardly of said groove for supporting a part of said printing blanket thereon in spaced relation from said projection, and quick attach means for attaching and detaching said holding bar in said bar support;
• said bearing surface of said projection serving to carry loads applied against said blanket which tend to pull said holding bar out of said bar support;
• said projection being the sole means holding said holding bar and blanket against movements tending to pull said end portion of said blanket outwardly of said groove.